"beside the mark" meaning in All languages combined

See beside the mark on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Etymology: In reference to a mark that would be aimed at e.g. in archery. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} beside the mark, {{en-PP}} beside the mark
  1. beside the point; irrelevant
    Sense id: en-beside_the_mark-en-prep_phrase-Fb2d3ETR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for beside the mark meaning in All languages combined (0.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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