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^[1]:

     It's interesting to note that as you “go narrow“ along one of these dimensions

   • 2013, Bobby Owsinsky, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook‎^[2]:

     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.
   • Hedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92

     The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrow

3. (photography) To use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
   • 2013, David Noton., The Vision‎^[3]:

     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.