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within reason

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within reason
reasonable; reasonably. You can do anything you want within reason. I'll pay any sum you askwithin reason.
See also: reason, within

within reason
to the degree that good judgment would allow With a good exercise program, you can eat anything you want, within reason, and not gain weight.
See also: reason, within


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I have never grudged you money within reason, for any avowable purpose; you had just to come to me and speak.
If I had stumbled upon the grave of one of the party, was it not within reason to believe that the bones of the others lay scattered somewhere near?
I'll foot your expenses, whatever they are, so long as they are within reason.
 
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