- beside (or off) the point
- beside (or off) the pointirrelevant.→ point
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
beside (or off) the point
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beside the point — or[beside the question] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Off the subject; about something different. * /What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn t do it./ * /The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point./ Compare:… … Dictionary of American idioms
beside the point — or[beside the question] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Off the subject; about something different. * /What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn t do it./ * /The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point./ Compare:… … Dictionary of American idioms
beside\ the\ point — • beside the point • beside the question adj or adv. phr. Off the subject; about something different. What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn t do it. The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point.… … Словарь американских идиом
beside the point — off topic, not related, irrelevant The brand of cigarette is beside the point. Smoking is the issue … English idioms
beside the point — 1. adjective Irrelevant, moot. His many charitable donations are beside the point. They do not make up for the fact that he stole the money to begin with. 2. adverb Irrelevantly, off the topic. Judges in the British law courts used to tell… … Wiktionary
beside the point — Synonyms and related words: adrift, amiss, astray, below the mark, beside the mark, beside the question, bootlessly, extraneous, extrinsic, far from it, fruitlessly, immaterial, impertinent, in vain, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite,… … Moby Thesaurus
beside/off/to the point — relevance. → point … English new terms dictionary
point — [pɔɪnt] noun 1》 the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object. ↘Archaeology a pointed flake or blade. ↘Ballet another term for pointe. ↘Boxing the tip of a person s chin as a spot for a blow. ↘the prong of a deer s… … English new terms dictionary
point — I. /pɔɪnt / (say poynt) noun 1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 2. projecting part of anything. 3. something having a sharp or tapering end. 4. a pointed tool or instrument, as an etching needle. 5. (plural) Shearing the parts of a sheep …
beside — prep 1. next to, by or at the side of, Dial. aside of, by, with, at one s elbow; alongside, side by side, abreast, cheek by jowl, next door to, adjacent to, in juxtaposition with; near to, close to, Brit. Dial. near hand, close at hand to, nearby … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
