beyond recall

beyond recall
beyond recall
Unable to be stopped or cancelled
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Main Entry:recall

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beyond recall mainly literary phrase
impossible to have or experience again

All those years, vanished beyond recall, seemed utterly wasted.

Thesaurus: absent, lost and unavailablesynonym
Main entry: recall

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in such a way that restoration is impossible

shopping developments have already blighted other parts of the city beyond recall

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beyond recall
: impossible to bring back : not able to be brought back or remembered

Her youth was (gone) beyond recall. [=her youth was gone and could not be brought back]

events that are now beyond recall

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Main Entry:recall

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beyond reˈcall idiom
impossible to bring back to the original state; impossible to remember

The paintings were damaged beyond recall.

Main entry:recallidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • beyond recall — mainly literary impossible to have or experience again All those years, vanished beyond recall, seemed utterly wasted …   English dictionary

  • Beyond Recall (novel) — infobox Book | name = Beyond Recall title orig = Unwiederbringlich translator = Douglas Parmée. image caption = author = Theodor Fontane cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = genre = Novel publisher = Verlag Wilhelm Hertz… …   Wikipedia

  • beyond recall — in such a way that restoration is impossible. → recall …   English new terms dictionary

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  • beyond recall — impossible to recollect, impossible to take back, cannot be undone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • recall — ► VERB 1) remember. 2) cause one to remember or think of. 3) officially order to return. 4) (of a manufacturer) request the return of (faulty products). 5) reselect (a sports player) as a member of a team. 6) call up (stored computer data). ► …   English terms dictionary

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