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boldly go where no man has gone before

idiom

To break new ground.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    be a man

    To put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.

  5. 05

    be one's own man

    To behave independently without the influence of others.

  6. 06

    be the bigger man

    To walk away from a conflict to prevent it from escalating.

  7. 07

    broken man

    A man who has suffered significant and enduring emotional pain as a result of a highly unpleasant or traumatic event.

  8. 08

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

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