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idiomviewa bird's-eye view (of sth)1 a view of a place from a position high above it:From the clifftops we had a superb bird's-eye view of Powderham Castle.I was sitting in the sun with a bird's-eye view of the game.2 a general description of a subject or situation:The book offers a bird's-eye view of championship tennis.A good textbook should give the student a bird's-eye view of available sources for further study.do sth with a view to (doing) sthto do something for a particular purpose:I was trying to get some money together with a view to taking a postgraduate course the following year. People with learning difficulties should be encouraged to live outside the family home, with a view to eventual independence.take a dim view ofused in order to say that someone does not approve of something or does not think it is a good idea:Elizabeth's family took a dim view of her decision to go into show business.I think my bank manager would take a pretty dim view of me giving up my job and borrowing money to go on a trip round the world.a worm's-eye view (of sth)an idea of what is happening, as it is seen from a low position in an organization or situation:The historian gives the big picture of social events; the anthropologist takes a worm's-eye view.His award-winning play gives a worm's-eye view of doings at Elsinore Castle after Hamlet sees his father's ghost.
See:- a bird's eye view
- a bird's-eye view
- a point of view
- a ringside seat
- a worm's eye view
- a worm's-eye view
- a/(one's) point of view
- as far as is concerned
- as I see it
- bird's eye view
- bird's-eye view
- bird's-eye view, a
- bring (someone or something) into view
- bring into view
- come into sight
- distance lends enchantment (to the view)
- end in view
- eye-view
- fade from view
- flash into view
- from (one's) point of view
- from my perspective
- have a ringside seat
- have a ringside seat/view
- have a ringside view
- heave into view
- in (someone's) view
- in a bad light
- in full view
- in full view (of someone or something)
- in light of
- in plain view
- in the view of (someone)
- in view
- in view of
- in view of (something)
- in view of something
- on view
- point of view
- ringside view
- take a dim view (of someone or something)
- take a dim view of
- take a dim view of something
- take a dim view of, to
- take a dim/poor view of somebody/something
- take a poor view of (someone or something)
- take the long view
- take the view
- take the view that
- with a view to
- with a view to (doing something)
- with a view to doing
- with a view to something/to doing something
- worm's eye view
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