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beside the point
Idioms and Phrases
Also, beside the mark or question . Irrelevant, off the subject. For example, Whether you had insurance is beside the point; the accident is your fault . These terms came into common use in the mid-1800s. Also see neither here nor there .Example Sentences
That the ruling only affects around 1,600 voters is beside the point when it is a "wrongheaded decision in light of clear federal law," concurred Marc E. Elias, a lawyer and founder of Democracy Docket.
“Etiquette is kind of beside the point. It’s like reading a ransom note and going, ‘This cursive is just so lovely.
The last two reports have been revised up, but that is beside the point.
People who believe conspiracies about the Trump assassination attempt or buy into QAnon are often seeking purpose or belonging — truth is beside the point.
"Believing" their own B.S. is beside the point.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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