to the four winds

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to the four winds

in all directions It would be a disaster if we allowed all that know-how to be scattered to the four winds.

Related vocabulary: the four corners of the earth

See also: four, wind

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In the instant that these thoughts passed through my mind I had turned to make for the window, but my eyes alighting on the form of my erstwhile guardian threw all thoughts of flight to the four winds. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context It is something to squander and throw to the four winds, for the fun of seeing the golden specks fly. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context The living intelligence, the Martian within the hood, was slain and splashed to the four winds of heaven, and the Thing was now but a mere intricate device of metal whirling to destruction. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

In the instant that these thoughts passed through my mind I had turned to make for the window, but my eyes alighting on the form of my erstwhile guardian threw all thoughts of flight to the four winds.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

It is something to squander and throw to the four winds, for the fun of seeing the golden specks fly.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context

The living intelligence, the Martian within the hood, was slain and splashed to the four winds of heaven, and the Thing was now but a mere intricate device of metal whirling to destruction.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

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