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above one's bend en · ADP
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(US, dated, idiomatic) Beyond one's power or ability.
It would be above my bend to attempt telling you all we saw among the Redskins.
1848, James Fenimore Cooper, The Oak Openings:I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities at Peale's Museum; it is above my bend.
1835, Davy Crockett, An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East:
Synonyms
above one's huckleberry