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beyond question
Idioms and Phrases
Also, beyond all or without question . Definitely, certainly, as in Beyond question he is the best man for the job . This idiom indicates that something is so sure it cannot be questioned. So used since the late 1500s, it was also put as past question , by Shakespeare and others. Also see beyond a doubt .Example Sentences
It is certain beyond question that whatever tactical tasks those troops are given will be executed with great competency.
But, underfoot, beyond question, lay nothing but the broken heaps of stones that betokened a building long since crumbled to dust.
The position was irremediable; Tom's neglect and inefficiency were established beyond question.
He could not doubt a single word that Trendall had told him, for the latter's information was beyond question.
Beyond question, Mazaroff was looking for a certain suite of rooms, though Maxgregor doubted it.
Its position is fixed beyond question, but the actual remains are very scanty, so that little is known of its size or appearance.
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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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