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30,000-foot view
THUR-tee THOW-zund FOOT VYOO · noun · informal
A very broad, big-picture perspective.
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A high-altitude overview that ignores fine detail to see the whole landscape.
“From a 30,000-foot view, the strategy is sound.”
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30,000-foot view In A Sentence
From a 30,000-foot view, the strategy is sound.
Origin & Usage
Aviation-altitude metaphor for big-picture thinking.
People Also Ask
What does '30,000-foot view' mean?
It means a very broad, big-picture perspective that deliberately ignores fine detail to take in the whole situation at once.
Where does the phrase come from?
It's an aviation-altitude metaphor. From 30,000 feet you see the whole landscape but none of the small details on the ground.
How is it different from 'high level'?
They're very similar, but '30,000-foot view' emphasises an even higher, more zoomed-out perspective.
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