Meaning of outside the box | Babel Free
Equivalents
Examples
“The boss wants some new ideas—it's time to think⟳ outside the box.”
“"THINK⟳ OUTSIDE THE BOX". If you have⟳ kept your thinking process⟳ operating inside the lines and boxes, then you are normal and average, for that is the way your thinking has been programmed. ... Here are nine dots: If you were asked to pick⟳ up a pencil and try⟳ to touch⟳ every dot using four straight lines only, you would try⟳ it this way first. It would be incorrect. That's because this configuration is in the shape⟳ of a box and we are conditioned to think⟳ this way.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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