shot heard round the world (English, phrase)
expansion: shot heard round the world
Senses:
glosses: The opening volleys of the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolution.
glosses: A 1951 home run by Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants
glosses: Any cataclysmic event
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: shot heard 'round the world
tags: alternative