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Chipper
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Where does this saying come from and what does it have to do with an envelope? What does it mean too? Thank you. I hear it alot on news shows, etc. Shows with intelectual discussions.
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To push the envelope is to test your limits. It is to see what you can do and, perhaps, to see what you can get away with. I do not know the origin of the phrase.
Taken from [url]http://phrases.shu.ac.uk [/url] :
Meaning:
Go to the limits of known performance.
Origin:
Originated with aeroplane industry where the limits of a plane's performance were marked on a two-dimensional graph. The envelope is the area of the graph that indicates safe usage. In use since the late 1970s.
Meaning:
Go to the limits of known performance.
Origin:
Originated with aeroplane industry where the limits of a plane's performance were marked on a two-dimensional graph. The envelope is the area of the graph that indicates safe usage. In use since the late 1970s.
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Chipper
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This is what I was looking for in terms of it's origin. Thanks a million. I have wondered about this for I don't know how long and was very frustrated over it. tytytytytyty!
shane said:Taken from [url]http://phrases.shu.ac.uk [/url] :
Meaning:
Go to the limits of known performance.
Origin:
Originated with aeroplane industry where the limits of a plane's performance were marked on a two-dimensional graph. The envelope is the area of the graph that indicates safe usage. In use since the late 1970s.
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