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Meanings of get within reach in English

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Usage of get within reach in English
1
You'll be a general by the time I get within reach of sergeant.
Exit wound
2
We just need to get within reach, so our bowmen can kill them.
Quest for honour
3
I just wanted to get within reach of the roundabout and then the estate.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
4
I shall take care I do not get within reach of his paws, I guess.
Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
5
Where that schemer was allowed to get within reach of it, hard cash melted away.
A Damsel in Distress
6
But Wags was too wise to get within reach of the deer's hoofs and head.
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
7
He learned not to get within reach of her sharp claws, when she behaved in that fashion.
The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat / Slumber-Town Tales
8
And when we get within reach of ITV in peak I get out a very big cigar.
The Guardian
9
The weather was very variable, and we could not get within reach of Sir James all that day.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
10
My friends fell off from me; ay, they fell like nine-pins whenever I could get within reach of them.
Much Darker Days
11
The first man to get within reach was laid flat by a blow with the butt of Jack's revolver.
The Submarine Boys for the Flag / Deeding Their Lives to Uncle S...
12
The rails did not sink much under Russ's weight, and he believed he could get within reach of the calf.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
13
The camp was to be attacked as soon as they could get within reach of it: both were agreed upon that.
George at the Fort; Or, Life Among the Soldiers
14
From Rose Hill his audiences grew until on Kensington Commons thirty thousand people tried to get within reach of his captivating voice.
Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into...
15
Longlegs chuckled to himself right down inside without making a sound, and got ready to wade out so as to get within reach.
The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
16
Once more the wolves got within reach of our rifles.
Snow Shoes and Canoes / Or, The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in th...
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Get within reach across language varieties
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