go out the window

go out the window
To vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.

As the deadline approached, all attempts to keep order went out the window.


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  • go out the window — {v. phr.}, {informal} To go out of effect; be abandoned. * /During the war, the school dress code went out the window./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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