beyond someone's grasp

English

Prepositional phrase

beyond someone's grasp

1. Out of reach; impossible for someone to achieve.
   • 2023 June 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 1 - 0 Inter Milan”, in BBC Sport‎:

     City survived late anxiety, especially when Inter substitute Lukaku headed straight at Ederson with the goal at his mercy, but there was an explosion of joy on the pitch and in the stands at Ataturk Stadium as they finally secured the giant trophy that has remained so elusively beyond their grasp for so long.

2. Too difficult or complex for someone to understand.

Further reading

• “beyond someone’s grasp”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.