beyond a joke

prepositional phrase

Increasingly serious or harmful.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticIncreasingly serious or harmful.

    'I may say that I noticed you in court today, sir, and putting one thing and another together—' 'Quite right,' assented Carrados. 'It is about today's case. These post office hold-ups are getting beyond a joke, inspector.'

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
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APA

beyond a joke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyond%20a%20joke

MLA

“beyond a joke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyond%20a%20joke. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beyond a joke,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beyond%20a%20joke.

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