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

Mirman was hospitalized for serious injuries on Tuesday after being pulled out of the window of his Lucid Gravity that had caught fire after crashing into the Bedford Toll Plaza in New Hampshire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Some could be seen filming out of the window with phones.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

So my whole shot list had to go out of the window and I had to rethink the whole thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

She has also recorded the sounds of birds singing, footsteps crunching on snow and flowing streams to remind her of life back on that blue planet she can see out of the window.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

She looked relieved, even though she went to look out of the window again.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen