be beside

President Biden's team must be beside themselves as they try to determine how to attack a candidate who is so blatantly lying, saying that it was Biden who somehow instigated the assassination attempt.

But winning may be beside the point.

"The only thing we could do is be beside them and not allow them to walk alone through this journey. We saw very clearly early on that we were dealing with warriors, who hang on to life."

On the other hand, most of them are also fine with Trump evoking Adolph Hitler's rhetoric so their alleged reverence for Christmas as a religious holiday may be beside the point.

They may be right, but at this point in the war, that view may be beside the point.