outer limits
Edge of everything
The outer limits are the farthest boundaries or extreme edges of something—physical, conceptual, or behavioral.
You might test the outer limits of a vehicle's performance, push to the outer limits of human endurance, or explore the outer limits of acceptable conduct.
The phrase suggests territory beyond which lies the unknown or forbidden: He was operating at the outer limits of the law.
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- final frontierLast unexplored territory
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
twilight zone · sci fi · science fiction · alien · unknown · beyond · threshold · fringe · periphery · cosmos · space · extraterrestrial · strange · eerie · unexplored · uncharted territory · the unknown · vastness
- limitsprice ceiling, debt ceiling, maximum capacity, print size, display size
- outskirtsoutskirts, periphery, outskirt, fringe, environs
- outer edgesedge, border, boundary, perimeter, periphery
- sea lawlaw of the sea, continental shelf, territorial waters, freedom of navigation, coastal waters
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
outer limitsminimum threshold
starting point · baseline · lower limits · floor · minimum
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