beside the point

beside the point
beside the point & beside the question
irrelevant; of no importance. •

That's very interesting, but beside the point.

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That's beside the point. You're evading the issue.

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or[beside the question] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Off the subject; about something different. * /What you meant to do is beside the point; the fact is you didn't do it./ * /The judge told the witness that his remarks were beside the point./ Compare: BEAT AROUND THE BUSH, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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