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edge of the earth

idiom
Meaning

A very remote place.


Examples
SIMPLE

He wants to travel to the edge of the earth.

CONTEXTUAL

They moved to a small village at the edge of the earth to escape the noise of the city.

COMPLEX

The explorer spent years searching for the lost temple, eventually venturing to the very edge of the earth to find it.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bleeding edge

    Something too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; the figurative place where such things exist.

  2. 02

    come down to earth

    To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.

  3. 03

    cost the earth

    To be a huge expense.

  4. 04

    cutting edge

    The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.

  5. 05

    edge of the world

    A very remote place.

  6. 06

    edge out

    To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.

  7. 07

    go to the ends of the earth

    To do everything possible to achieve something.

  8. 08

    God's green earth

    The world.

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