Definition of "across the pond" []

• On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. (phrase)

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• "Some one balances the toboggan on the very crest of the hill, while we get on, and when we are ready, we dash down the side of the hill in a headlong rush, and, leaping a projection, plunge into a snow-drift and go swimming far across the pond at a tremendous rate! ..."