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beyond someone's grasp

beyond someone's grasp prepositional phrase: out of reach; impossible for someone to achieve.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Out of reach; impossible for someone to achieve.
    • City survived late anxiety, especially when Inter substitute Lukaku headed straight at Ederson with the goal at his mercy, but there was an explosion of joy on the pitch and in the stands at Ataturk Stadium as they finally secured the giant trophy that has remained so elusively beyond their grasp...2023 June 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 1 - 0 Inter Milan”, in BBC Sport
  2. Too difficult or complex for someone to understand.

Questions about beyond someone's grasp

What does beyond someone's grasp mean?
Beyond someone's grasp means out of reach; impossible for someone to achieve.
What part of speech is beyond someone's grasp?
Beyond someone's grasp is a prepositional phrase.

Words near beyond someone's grasp in the dictionary

  1. beyond question
  2. beyond reason of a doubt
  3. beyond reasonable doubt
  4. beyond redemption
  5. beyond seas
  6. beyond someone's grasp
  7. beyond someone's scope
  8. beyond the beyonds
  9. beyond the black stump
  10. beyond the call of duty
  11. beyond the grave

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