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sky

Definition

  • noun: the space over the Earth where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds appear
  • noun: the upper atmosphere or expanse of space that constitutes an apparent great vault or arch over the earth
  • verb: to throw or toss up
  • synonyms: flip, cloud, heave

Examples

  • You can achieve anything if you really want to. 'The sky's the limit'.

  • His plan to reduce the national debt seems like 'pie in the sky'.

  • Voters did not believe his 'pie-in-the-sky' promises.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) A man his size, and colored to boot, can't be that hard to trace. You'd think so, but you'd be wrong. Believe me, we tried. Like he'd dropped out of the sky. How can that be? We're in a depression. A third of the country's out of work. People are drifting by the thousands, (..)
    1999 The Green Mile