out of the window

Idioms  

1. Discarded, tossed out. This term is often used in the phrase go out the window, as in For the town planners past experience seems to have gone out the window. It alludes to unwanted items being hurled out of the window. [First half of 1900s]

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out of the window

Resident Sutrismi, 47, said she was at home on Saturday when she heard a "crackling sound", looked out of the window and saw smoke rising from the peatland across the road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

"When I bite into this, I feel like I'm about to land in Trinidad and I'm looking out of the window at the beauty," he says, still with his eyes closed, imagining it.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Buyers expect a little theater when they look out of the window, and here, they get it in spades,” the listing agent said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

On a flight, listening to a song Shubham liked, she looked out of the window and saw a rainbow.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

He was still standing, looking out of the window, biting his nails.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya