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Phrase(s): out of reach
1. Lit. not near enough to be reached or touched. • Place the cookies out of reach, or the children will eat them all. • The mouse ran behind the piano, out of reach. The cat just sat and waited for it. 2. Fig. unattainable. • I wanted to be president, but I’m afraid that such a goal is out of reach. • I shall choose a goal that is not out of reach.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs