"beyond a joke" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} beyond a joke
  1. (idiomatic) Increasingly serious or harmful. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: no joke
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