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• worm's-eye view
  worm's-eye view

  noun

  a perspective seen from below or from a low or inferior position.
• worm's eye view
  worm's eye view

  noun

  a view seen from below or from a more lowly or humble point

worm's-eye view

American  

[wurmz-ahy] / ˈwɜrmzˌaɪ /

noun

1. a perspective seen from below or from a low or inferior position.

   The new man will get a worm's-eye view of the corporate structure.

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worm's eye view British  

noun

1. a view seen from below or from a more lowly or humble point

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Etymology

Origin of worm's-eye view

First recorded in 1910–15; on the model of bird's-eye view

Example Sentences

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"He was trying to get a sort of worm's-eye view," Martyn says.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024

But Wylie offers a unique, worm’s-eye view of the events of 2016.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2018

Here is your chance to casually introduce one, with a worm’s-eye view of the action.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2015

They are actually extreme close-ups of the inside of bread, taken on a large-format camera: a kind of worm's-eye view of buns, rolls and loaves.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2012

In fact, he enjoyed the worm’s-eye view that servility offered to him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Existentialists may deny that such scenes are introduced for sensationalism's sake, but they have not explained why it is necessary to expound their doctrine solely from a worm's eye view of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

He frankly admitted that his worm's eye view had failed to enlighten him as to the trouble.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville