Talk:go out the window

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go out the window

go + out the window.

One of many questionable items in Category:English phrasal verbs. DCDuring TALK 18:11, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

• Delete, but add a better definition to out the window with a meaning along the lines of "gone, no longer present, disappeared". --WikiTiki89 19:17, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

  I feel like I agree but can't really wrap my head around any distinctions in meaning enough to rewrite. DAVilla 05:05, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Keep. I disagree. It's less of a phrasal verb and more of an idiom. It's one that, as an English teacher, I would teach and use often and therefore should be kept. — This comment was unsigned.

Would you teach that "go out the window" is correct, but not "be out the window" and "throw/toss out the window" (which last has both idiomatic and non-idiomatic interpretations)? DCDuring TALK 12:27, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Redirect. Turn this into a redirect to out the window and transfer the sentence from go out the window. --BB12 (talk) 05:23, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Redirected to out the window, with the addition of a sense to that entry indicating disappearance. bd2412 T 16:49, 26 November 2013 (UTC)