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edge of the world


A very remote place.

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


SIMPLE

They live at the edge of the world.

CONTEXTUAL

He traveled to the edge of the world to find a quiet place to write his book.

COMPLEX

The explorers ventured to the edge of the world, leaving behind all traces of modern civilization to map the unknown wilderness.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  2. 02

    best of both worlds

    A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.

  3. 03

    bleeding edge

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

  4. 04

    come into the world

    To be born.

  5. 05

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

  6. 06

    cutting edge

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

  7. 07

    dead to the world

    Sound asleep.

  8. 08

    edge of the earth

    A very remote place.

Last updated August 10, 2026