go narrow

English

Verb

go narrow (third-person singular simple present goes narrow, present participle going narrow, simple past went narrow, past participle gone narrow)

  1. To focus on one thing, person, topic or aspect of a situation.
    • The Common Mind. Philip Petitt. 1996.
      this should not be regarded as a good reason for going narrow.
    • 2007, Beyond Buzz. Lois Kelly. Pg. 101.
      Going narrow doesn't imply that we don't understand all the issues
    • 2010, Patrick Viguerie, Sven Smit, Mehrdad Baghai., Granularity:
      It's interesting to note that as you “go narrow“ along one of these dimensions
    • 2013, Bobby Owsinsky, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook:
      I used to be impressed by a drummer liking what I did, so I pretty much only got a drum perspective, but I've gone wide and I've gone narrow.
  2. (of a price) To change infrequently.
  3. (photography) To use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • 2013, David Noton., The Vision:
      Going wide to fit it all in will emphasize the foreground at the expense of the background; going narrow with a long lens will preclude the coloured 'jobbies' clinging to the cliff top that I'm trying not to tread on.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, narrow.
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