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(idiomatic, colloquial) Made obsolete; altered drastically as a result of situational change. / (idiomatic, colloquial) Gone; departed; disappeared.

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(idiomatic, colloquial) Made obsolete; altered drastically as a result of situational change. / (idiomatic, colloquial) Gone; departed; disappeared.

Japanese Meaning

状況の変化により徹底的に変わって、もしくは時代遅れになった / 消えた、なくなった

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After the update, the old workaround went out the window.

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アップデート後、古い回避策は時代遅れになった。

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(idiomatic, colloquial) Made obsolete; altered drastically as a result of situational change.

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.

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(idiomatic, colloquial) Gone; departed; disappeared.

Life had gone out the window and scampered off.

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