beggar description
idiom
chiefly British
—used to talk about something that is very difficult to describe
a plot so complex that it beggars description
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“Beggar description.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beggar%20description. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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