zoom out

British  

verb

1. photog films television to decrease rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens

2. to consider the essential points, rather than the details of a subject

---

Example Sentences

But remove all of that talk of numbers and industry business and zoom out.

From Salon

Because if you look back at old movies with Fred Astaire or with Gene Kelly, specifically Fred Astaire, they would zoom out just to show you from head to toe, we are dancing.

From Los Angeles Times

“If you zoom out, the Fed naturally will start bill purchases next year as part of a reverses management operation,” said Roger Hallam, Vanguard fixed income group’s global head of rates.

From MarketWatch

She compared her work in “Kimberly Akimbo,” an intimate scale musical, and “Water for Elephants,” a grander offering with epic themes and circus-style theatrics, and concluded: “I like to zoom in and I like to zoom out.”

From Los Angeles Times

And because ideas build over time, you’re able to zoom out of the interactions you’re having and continually refer to those memories.

From The Wall Street Journal