think outside the box
Americanidiom
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Or, they could think outside the box — literally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
To break this impasse, we are going to have to think outside the box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
But people on the spectrum "think outside the box" he said, and "can contribute in so many different ways than other people would."
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
"It's fulfilling to push yourself creatively, think outside the box and go outside of your usual processes," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
She says, “Thinking outside the box is a skill. It means your mind is big and open, Mason. If you can think outside the box, you have no limits! That’s you!”
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
