helicopter view

noun

1. an overview of a situation without any details

Example Sentences

Being one step removed from the loss allowed him to have "the helicopter view", he says.

From BBC

But I wanted to look at the situation from a helicopter view.

From Fox News

To create a matching “Now” image, Jean Sherrard and I got a helicopter view in late February, with him taking photographs and me shooting video.

From Seattle Times

“And if you take a helicopter view, what would we have in sport? We have several issues. It’s betting/gambling, sexism and doping. The first two issues, there are criminal laws and criminal things. So it was absolutely inevitable to bring criminal law enforcement into sport.”

From Washington Post

"I get to join the dots, I have a helicopter view of what's in place."

From BBC