to beggar
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8.9
- verb
- /ˈbɛɡər/
- Informal
:
resultar increíble
- To risk doing so now, even as the economic agonies of Southern Europe illustrate the dangers of losing fiscal credibility, beggars belief.
- beggars belief
- beggars the imagination
Like not it all beggars absolute belief that we're still pretending that all of this is not related, that it happened in Wuhan.
- Like not it all beggars absolute belief that we're still pretending that all of this is not related, that it happened in Wuhan.
Examples
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But this trial has shown that under a national crisis, ordinary, even able and extraordinary men can delude themselves into the commission of crimes so vast and heinous that they beggar the imagination.
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The amount of evidence supporting corruption among politicians and corporations over the years beggars belief.
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It's so fake it beggars belief!
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It beggars belief that this person did not know the content of the emails.
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His dissertation at the War College was considered mediocre, and how he ever gained standing as an expert on foreign policy beggars the imagination.
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The evidence presented in court was so shocking that it truly beggars belief.
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His claim that he never saw the incident beggars belief, considering he was right there.
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It beggars belief that anyone could deny the clear evidence of climate change.
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A plant with yellow flowers and small prickly fruits that stick to fur or clothing
A two-player card game where each player tries to win all the other player's cards
- Literature
A plan by one country to help itself by hurting other countries' trade
- Literature
A plan to help one country by hurting other countries' trade
A plant with yellow flowers from Europe and Asia whose seeds have small hooks that stick to fur and clothes
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet places with yellow flowers and seeds that stick to clothes
A plant found in wet places with leaves in three parts and small yellow flowers whose seeds stick to clothes
How Incredible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beggar in expressions like 'beggars belief' uses the image of making belief or imagination 'poor', so if something 'beggars belief' it is so extreme that it is hard to imagine or describe.