beside the mark in English

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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

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        "beside the point; irrelevant"
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  "word": "beside the mark"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to a mark that would be aimed at e.g. in archery.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beside the point; irrelevant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beside the point",
          "beside the point"
        ],
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"beside the mark" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase