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Phrase(s): lie beyond someone or something
1. to be located on the other side of someone or something. • The stream lies beyond those men you see working in the field. • The village lies just beyond that hill there. 2. to be outside the grasp or the ability of someone or a group. • I am afraid that this matter lies beyond Dave. • The solution lies beyond the power of the committee.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs