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Idiom

boldly go where no man has gone before

Meaning

To break new ground.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“They want to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

“The team decided to boldly go where no man has gone before by testing a completely new technology.”

“By choosing to explore the uncharted depths of the ocean, the scientists prepared to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

Examples

simple

“They want to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

contextual

“The team decided to boldly go where no man has gone before by testing a completely new technology.”

complex

“By choosing to explore the uncharted depths of the ocean, the scientists prepared to boldly go where no man has gone before.”

Origin

A line from the opening sequence of the Star Trek TV series.

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