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beside the point

Also, beside the mark or question. Irrelevant, off the subject. For example, Whether you had insurance is beside the point; the accident is your fault. These terms came into common use in the mid-1800s. Also see neither here nor there.

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RELATED WORDS

extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant, pointless, unimportant, unrelated

Nearby words

  1. beshow,
  2. beshrew,
  3. besht,
  4. beside,
  5. beside oneself,
  6. besides,
  7. besiege,
  8. beskids,
  9. beslan,
  10. beslobber
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.