back of beyond

back of beyond
noun
a very remote and inaccessible place
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you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those

Hypernyms: ↑depth

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: an extremely remote place ; especially : the outback of Australia

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noun
the back of beyond
informal : a place that is very far from other places and people : a remote place

He lives by himself in a cabin out in the back of beyond. [=the boondocks]

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back of beyond, back o' beyond
see beyond C. b.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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