reach
/riːtʃ/ nounDefinition
out of/beyond (sb's) reach › too far away for someone to take hold of: I keep the medicines up here, out of the kids' reach.
beyond (sb's ) reach › not possible for someone to have: With all this money we can buy things previously beyond our reach.
be within reach (of sth) › to be close enough to travel to: You'll be within easy reach of London.
be within (sb's) reach › to be close enough for someone to take hold of: The gun lay within reach. › possible for someone to achieve: Winning the championship suddenly seemed within their reach.
(Definition of reach noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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