"across the pond" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

IPA: /əˌkɹɒs ðə ˈpɒnd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˌkɹɔs ðə ˈpɑnd/ [General-American], /əˈkɹɑs ðə ˈpɑnd/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-across the pond.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɒnd Etymology: From across + the + pond (“(informal) the Atlantic Ocean”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|across}} across, {{m|en|the}} the, {{m|en|pond|t=(informal) the Atlantic Ocean}} pond (“(informal) the Atlantic Ocean”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} across the pond
  1. (informal) On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Tags: informal Synonyms: transatlantic, transatlantically, transpondian Related terms: herring pond Translations ((informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean): rapakon taakse (english: to) (Finnish), rapakon takana (english: on) (Finnish), outre-Atlantique (French), пре́ку ба́рата (préku bárata) (Macedonian), over dammen (Norwegian Nynorsk), преко баре [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), preko bare [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), al otro lado del charco (Spanish), over there (note: in the United States) (Swedish), på andra sidan pölen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-across_the_pond-en-prep_phrase-wgFZ~OWG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "(informal) on or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean",
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