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Idiom

broaden someone's horizons

Meaning

To increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.

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

Examples

“Traveling to new countries will broaden your horizons.”

“She decided to study abroad to broaden her horizons and meet people from different cultures.”

“By reading literature from diverse perspectives, the students sought to broaden their horizons and challenge their existing assumptions about the world.”

Examples

simple

“Traveling to new countries will broaden your horizons.”

contextual

“She decided to study abroad to broaden her horizons and meet people from different cultures.”

complex

“By reading literature from diverse perspectives, the students sought to broaden their horizons and challenge their existing assumptions about the world.”

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