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come within range

To move close enough within an area to be seen, heard, or reached by something. When the lion came within range, we readied our guns. He never came within range of the microphone, so we weren't able to capture anything he was saying. You need to come within range, or the camera won't be able to focus on you properly.
See also: come, range, within
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

come within range

(of something) Go to within range (of something).
See also: come, range, within
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Around four to six miles out cod, pollack, and occasional ling are being caught, but very few codling are coming within range of shore rods as a frustrating winter season continues.
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