be out of the question - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe out of the questionbe out of the questionIMPOSSIBLEif something is out of the question, it is definitely ... beoutofthequestionFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishbeoutofthequestionbeoutofthequestionIMPOSSIBLEifsomethingisoutofthequestion,itisdefinitelynotpossibleornotallowed  Youcan’tgointhatoldshirt–it’soutofthequestion.→questionExamplesfromtheCorpusbeoutofthequestion•Thecaptainsaidthatitwasoutofthequestion.•Itwasoutofthequestiontoputonanexhaustiveexhibition,becauseitwouldhavebeentoovoluminous.•Eitherway,itlooksasthough103Dalmatiansmaynowbeoutofthequestion.•SomeofthesefamiliesaresopoorthatChristmaspresentsareoutofthequestion.•IguessagameofScrabbleisoutofthequestion.8:55.•Thatisoutofthequestion.•Investorsandanalyststookthattomeanaratecutbeforemid-yearisoutofthequestion.•Defendingyourselfwasoutofthequestion. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Colours&sounds Police Factories Tastes Seealltopics Wordoftheday onpurpose deliberately