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out of reach

out of reach prepositional phrase: outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.
  2. (figuratively) Impossible or too far away.
    • I'm sorry, but your goal of becoming an astronaut is out of reach with those grades.
    • City have lost two previous semi-finals to Real but they made no mistake here at a joyous Etihad Stadium to now stand one step away from claiming the trophy that has always stayed tantalisingly out of reach for Pep Guardiola's team.2023 May 17, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 4 - 0 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport

out of reach meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

out of reach in Tamil

impossible or too far away
எட்டாக்கனி eṭṭākkaṉi

out of reach in Kannada

ತಲುಪಲು ಅಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದಷ್ಟು ದೂರ, ಎಟುಕಿನಾಚೆ, ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮೀರಿ, ತಲುಪಲಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದ

out of reach in Arabic

impossible or too far away
بمنأى عن

Questions about out of reach

What does out of reach mean?
Out of reach means outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.
What is out of reach in Tamil?
Out of reach in Tamil is எட்டாக்கனி (eṭṭākkaṉi). See Out of reach meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is out of reach?
Out of reach is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of reach in the dictionary

  1. out of process
  2. out of proportion
  3. out of question
  4. out of rack
  5. out of range
  6. out of reach
  7. out of season
  8. out of service
  9. out of shape
  10. out of sight
  11. out of sight is out of mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out of reach (page history and authors); out of reach (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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