Timeline for What's a word/phrase that can describe going from a detailed perspective to a more general one?
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| Aug 8, 2020 at 1:17 | comment | added | Hot Licks | "Zoom out" is the first thing I thought of. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 1:16 | comment | added | Unrelated | Take a 30,000 foot view | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 1:13 | answer | added | Christopher | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Apr 9, 2020 at 23:20 | comment | added | tblue | "He transitioned from a detailed description of how drugs affect the brain..." | |
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| Mar 10, 2020 at 23:18 | comment | added | Greybeard | @wishiwasawordsmith Many thanks. The problem with "zoom out of something" is that is can mean "move at great speed" or be an allusion to a camera lens. If you want to use "zoom" in the figurative sense then "He zooms out from a description [...] to a wider view of [...]." -- That should take care of the photographic metaphor. | |
| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:38 | comment | added | wishiwasawordsmith | @Greybeard is this better? I tried to add the sentence itself. | |
| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:37 | history | edited | wishiwasawordsmith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added more context
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| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:33 | comment | added | Greybeard | If you had given more context, it would be possible to say if "zoomed out" works. | |
| S Mar 10, 2020 at 22:26 | history | suggested | Eddie Kal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Removed thanks; retagged
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| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:16 | answer | added | Arne | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:13 | comment | added | user205876 | You can step back to take in the broader canvas. | |
| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:05 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 10, 2020 at 22:02 | history | asked | wishiwasawordsmith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |