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within someone's reach and within someone's grasp

1. Lit. close enough to be grasped. The ball was almost within his reach!

2. Fig. almost in the possession of someone. My goals are almost within my reach, so I know I'll succeed. We almost had the contract within our grasp, but the deal fell through at the last minute.

See also: reach, within

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But still I had feared him, blind and helpless and listening, always listening, and I never let his strong arms get within reach of me while I worked. The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context A vast pulpy mass, furlongs in length and breadth, of a glancing cream-color, lay floating on the water, innumerable long arms radiating from its centre, and curling and twisting like a nest of anacondas, as if blindly to clutch at any hapless object within reach. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Eric caught sight of his leering face at one of his boasts--for there was a lull in the game, because no man else wanted to come within reach of Eric's blows. Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context			with the best of them with the best will in the world with the naked eye With whom do you wish to speak? With you in a minute withdraw withdraw from withdraw into withdraw into oneself wither wither away wither on the vine wither up withhold from within within a stone's throw within a whisker of within an ace of within an inch of life within earshot within grasp within hailing distance within limits within means within range within reach within reason within rights within striking distance within walking distance without without a backward glance without a by your leave without a doubt without a hitch without a murmur without a second thought without a shadow of a doubt without batting an eye without fail without further ado without half trying without missing a beat without question without rhyme or reason without so much as a by-your-leave without so much as doing witness witness for witness to wives			within call within calling distance Within cooey Within Defined Limits within delta of Within Die Non-Uniformity within distance within distance within distance within distance within earshot within epsilon of Within Functional Limits Within Grade Within Grade Increase within grasp within hailing distance within limits within living memory within living memory within living memory within living memory within means within means within means within means Within Normal Limits Within Normal Limits Within Pair Young within range within reach within reason within reason within reason within reason within rights Within Sentence within shouting distance within shouting distance close enough to hear Within Sibship Paired Resampling within sight within sight within sight within sight within sight of within sights within sights within sights within sights within spitting distance within spitting distance within spitting distance within spitting distance within spitting distance within striking distance within the bounds of possiblity within the law Within the Pale Within the Pale Within the Pale Within the Pale

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