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Idiom

edge of the earth

Meaning

A very remote place.

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

Examples

“He wants to travel to the edge of the earth.”

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

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

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.”

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