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a bird's eye view
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(Definition of a bird's eye view from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -scape suffix
- aspect noun (DIRECTION)
- backdrop noun
- background noun (PICTURE)
- foreground noun
- have a grandstand view idiom
- landscape noun
- look verb (DIRECTION)
- lookout noun
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- view noun (SIGHT)
- viewpoint noun (SIGHT)
- vista noun
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