Beyond reach
see under in reach
Contemporary Examples
Rupert Murdoch Bares Media’s Reach to Leveson Inquiry on Phone Hacking Nicholas Wapshott April 27, 2012
Cut the Baloney on Ukraine Leslie H. Gelb March 8, 2014
Historical Examples
Before Adam Jack London
Richard Carvel, Complete Winston Churchill
Our Village Mary Russell Mitford
Beyond the Frontier Randall Parrish
The Lone Ranche Captain Mayne Reid
William Shakespeare as he lived. Henry Curling
With Americans of Past and Present Days J. J. Jusserand
Guy Fawkes William Harrison Ainsworth
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- Beyond question
a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply. a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation. a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty; problem (usually followed by of): It was simply a question of time. a subject of dispute or controversy. a proposal to […]
- Beyond recall
Irreversible, irretrievable, as in We can’t repair this screen—it’s beyond recall, or It’s too late to cancel our plans—they’re beyond recall. This idiom employs recall in the sense of revoking or annulling something. [ Mid-1600s ] Historical Examples The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 Various Problems of Expansion Whitelaw […]
- Beyond reproach
Blameless, faultless, as in Jean’s conduct at school is beyond reproach. The phrase employs the verb to reproach in the sense of “censure or rebuke,” a usage dating from the early 1500s. Historical Examples Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Various A Son of the City Herman Gastrell Seely The Lady of […]
- Beyond shadow of doubt
to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe. to distrust. Archaic. to fear; be apprehensive about. to be uncertain about something; be undecided in opinion or belief. a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something. distrust. a state of affairs such as to occasion uncertainty. Obsolete. fear; dread. […]
- Beyond the call of duty
see under above and beyond