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beyond a doubt
Idioms and Phrases
Also, beyond the shadow of a doubt . Certainly so, undoubtedly so, as in Beyond a doubt this is the best view of the valley . This phrase, along with the earlier without doubt (dating from c. 1300), asserts the truth of some statement. W.S. Gilbert's version, in The Gondoliers (1889), is: 鈥淥f that there is no manner of doubt鈥攏o probable, possible shadow of doubt鈥攏o possible doubt whatever.鈥 In this context shadow means 鈥渁 trace or slight suggestion.鈥 Another variant is beyond a reasonable doubt . This phrase is often used in court when the judge instructs the jury that they must be convinced of the accused's guilt or innocence beyond a reasonable doubt; reasonable here means 鈥渓ogical and rational.鈥 Also see beyond question ; no doubt .Example Sentences
鈥淥scar night in black & white, no grey area,鈥 the 鈥淐oming 2 America鈥 actor wrote on Instagram, including three photos and seemingly indicating her couplehood with the British performer beyond a doubt.
And nobody has been able to prove it beyond a doubt.
鈥淭hey knew beyond a doubt about his condition. They wouldn鈥檛 let me see him, his children see him, his attorney see him.鈥
These matching copies helped confirm beyond a doubt that Mary was the writer, Lasry says.
Furchner was tried in juvenile court because she was 18 and 19 when the alleged crimes were committed and the court couldn鈥檛 establish beyond a doubt her 鈥渕aturity of mind鈥 at the time.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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