above one's bend

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above one's bend

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

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