shot heard round the world

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English

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Etymology

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From the 1837 poem Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Phrase

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shot heard round the world

  1. The opening volleys of the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
  2. A 1951 home run by Bobby Thompson of the New York Giants
  3. (idiomatic) Any cataclysmic event

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