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within reason

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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.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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?
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I'll foot your expenses, whatever they are, so long as they are within reason.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
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