Meaning of out the window | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Made obsolete; altered drastically as a result of situational change.
   colloquial, idiomatic
2. Gone; departed; disappeared.
   colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“Women can run⟳, blacks can run⟳, all sorts of people can run⟳. We didn't think⟳ people like⟳ that could win⟳ in years past. That conventional wisdom is out the window now. That's good news.”

“it's bad for principles that we thought were the basis for post⟳ Cold War security -- for example, non-aggression, pluralism, tolerance, things of that kind, and they 're out the window now. I mean⟳ this- this framework, for these principles, are the antithesis of principles that we allegedly were backing over the last⟳ 45 years of the Cold War.”

“It is a total, consuming quest to run⟳ for president of the United States, and to be president of the United States. You have⟳ to realize⟳ that privacy is out the window.”

“They're part a formal letter, part some type⟳ of dialogue. So, what are the rules? Is it okay to throw⟳ formality out the window? Does spelling matter⟳?”

“Life had gone out the window and scampered off.”

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