"within reach" meaning in English

See within reach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-within reach.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} within reach, {{en-PP}} within reach
  1. At a distance close enough to touch by reaching. Related terms: out of reach Translations (at a distance close enough to touch by reaching): ulottuvilla (Finnish), käsillä (Finnish), käden ulottuvilla (Finnish), à portée de main (French), na wyciągnięcie ręki (Polish), inom räckhåll (Swedish), a mwin (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-within_reach-en-prep_phrase-r4EvTKSH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'at a distance close enough to touch by reaching': 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) Near (to); close (to); at a close distance (to). Tags: idiomatic Translations (at a close distance to): käden ulottuvilla (Finnish), na wyciągnięcie ręki (Polish)
    Sense id: en-within_reach-en-prep_phrase-07aokfrm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'at a close distance to': 18 82

Download JSON data for within reach meaning in English (2.7kB)

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      "sense": "at a distance close enough to touch by reaching",
      "word": "käsillä"
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