think outside the box
THINK owt-SYD the BOKS
θɪŋk aʊtˈsaɪd ðə bɒksListen
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approach a problem with creativity and unconventional thinking, abandoning habitual assumptions and standard methods in favour of novel perspectives; find innovative solutions by deliberately departing from established patterns and questioning constraints that may be artificial; a corporate and educational cliché originating from the nine-dot puzzle in which a square pattern of dots can only be connected with four straight lines if the lines extend beyond the boundary of the square
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