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window on the world

idiom

Something which provides information about or interaction with a variety of people, places, events, or things outside of one's immediate sphere of experience.


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  1. 01

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  2. 02

    come into the world

    To be born.

  3. 03

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

  4. 04

    dead to the world

    Sound asleep.

  5. 05

    edge of the world

    A very remote place.

  6. 06

    end of the world

    Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.

  7. 07

    for all the world to see

    in plain view; clearly visible

  8. 08

    have the world by the tail

    To possess great influence and opportunity.

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