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Phrase(s): within someone’s grasp
Go to within someone's reach and within someone's grasp, Phrase(s): *within one’s grasp
1. Lit. where one can grasp something with one’s hand. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; get something ~.) • The rope was within his grasp, but he was too weak to reach for it. 2. Fig. [for something] to be obtainable; [for a goal] to be almost won. (Does not involve grabbing or grasping. *Typically: be ~; get ~; get something ~.) • Victory is within our grasp, so we must keep playing the game to win. • Her goal is within her grasp at last.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs