Buiten beschouwing laten
Example: We moeten die fout buiten beschouwing laten in de beoordeling.
Definition
"Buiten beschouwing laten" means to deliberately exclude or disregard something from consideration or judgment, as in the example where a mistake is intentionally not taken into account during evaluation.
Etymology
The phrase "buiten beschouwing laten" comes from Dutch, where "buiten" means outside, "beschouwing" means consideration, and "laten" means to let. Together, it literally means 'to let outside consideration,' implying the act of leaving something out of the evaluation.
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"Buiten beschouwing laten" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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to leave out of consideration