within reach
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2.8
- idiom
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al alcance
- With some determination and hard work, success is within reach.
- goals within reach
- put within reach
- bring within reach
We may chase furiously, knowing that perfection is just within reach, but always just out of it.
- We may chase furiously, knowing that perfection is just within reach, but always just out of it.
- If you find what you use to brush your teeth, the next clue will be within reach.
- That's where I give them a stretch goal, but something they can perceive is within reach.
- And if we focus and don't get too intimidated, well, the results are within reach.
- It's so inspiring that this puzzle could be solved in this way and it feels within reach to then be able to crack the problem with some of these diseases.
- But bottom line is that seems within reach.
- Turns out that if the goal is too easy, it's too within reach.
- But if this is within reach, you have to show them you understand, and you have to put them back in control.
Examples
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Some of these items are already within reach, while others offer a more significant challenge.
Academic text (2017) -
A settlement seemed within reach, but then the negotiators made a key discovery.
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We we could say those goals are within reach, but they need a push.
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But if this is within reach, you have to show them you understand, and you have to put them back in control.
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If your cell phone is within reach, you may use it now.
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The important thing is to make sure that everything you need is within reach.
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My heart's desire is within reach!
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I was hoping that you'd still be within reach.
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Keep a copy within reach as you write or revise your newsletter text.
Academic text (2001) -
You're at the center of everything alive, and greatness is right there within reach.
Synonyms
33
3.2
Can be done successfully
17
3.9
Possible to achieve or reach
9
2.8
Easy to get to by road or path
Antonyms
How Achievable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'achievable or attainable' is directly and transparently derived from 'within' (inside a boundary) + 'reach' (to attain), signalling that something lies inside one's ability or range to get. This spatial-to-ability composition is cross-linguistically common and follows a predictable metaphorical mapping, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Within reach paints the simple picture of something close enough that your hand can touch it, literally inside your reach. So when a goal or object is within reach, it means it is 'achievable' or can be done with a little more effort.