beyond recall

Idioms and Phrases

Irreversible, irretrievable, as in We can't repair this screen—it's beyond recall , or It's too late to cancel our plans—they're beyond recall . This idiom employs recall in the sense of revoking or annulling something. [Mid-1600s]

Example Sentences

It melts the stone of actual life into meaningless lava beyond recall.

From The Daily Beast

Nina she evidently regarded as absorbed fatally, beyond recall; and no wonder, when for her the game was so magnificent.

From Project Gutenberg

But happily they were not beyond recall, and, with Petros army to back them, they now hurried back to bring aid.

From Project Gutenberg

She was in a frenzy till she could get it out of her hands and into the postal-box beyond recall.

From Project Gutenberg

Again he surveyed the jeweled emblem on the sword, mocking reminder of a glory gone beyond recall.

From Project Gutenberg

Friends of the house were soon thoroughly convinced that Old Nick was done for; the widow had captivated him beyond recall.

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Related Words

• desperate
• forlorn
• helpless
• impossible
• pointless
• sad
• tragic
• useless