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within reachAt a distance close enough to touch by reaching.Rate it:

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reach a critical massWhen one works, reworks, tries every trick in the book, one can attain the verge of an explosion.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo resign near the start for good.Rate it:

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reach for the starsTo have high hopes, to be ambitious.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo be sentenced to death before the age of 18.Rate it:

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reach-aroundA passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.Rate it:

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out of reachThe adult magazines were out of reach of toddlers.Rate it:

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out of reachInaccessible or unattainable.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo die young. To die before the age of 80.Rate it:

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reach at my place fastWe are getting late so reach at my place fast.Rate it:

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reach for the skySurrender !Rate it:

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reach for the star's. but be happy with the cloudsAim high but be satisfied with what you achieveRate it:

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reach outTo attempt to initiate communication with someone.Rate it:

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reach outTo make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.Rate it:

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reach outTo ask for help.Rate it:

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reach outTo extend one's hand forward.Rate it:

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reach pastTo extend beyond.Rate it:

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reach-aroundAn ostensibly thoughtful gesture, especially one performed to win favour or mitigate unfair treatment.Rate it:

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reach-aroundManual stimulation of a sexual partner's genitals during anal or vaginal intercourse from behind.Rate it:

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within reachNear (to); close (to); at a close distance (to).Rate it:

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almost went into a coma earning this diplomaLong hard work for the diplomaRate it:

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break intoTo try to start in a profession or business.Rate it:

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bump intoTo collide with something.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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fall intoWithout having planned it.Rate it:

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fall into the wrong handsTo become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.Rate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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walk intoTo fall into .Rate it:

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you can't get a quart into a pint potWhat is being discussed is not possible.They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!Rate it:

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turn intoTo transform into; become.Rate it:

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walk intoTo collide with.Rate it:

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look intoTo investigate, explore, or consider.Rate it:

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fit intoTo be of similar cultural or social status as the members of a group of people.Rate it:

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guilt was etched deeply into his/her faceSomeone can see that you are guilty because of the expression on your faceRate it:

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fit intoTo be of the right size and shape to be placed in a location.Rate it:

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back intoTo reverse a vehicle into a space.Rate it:

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fall intoTo go into something by falling.Rate it:

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get one's claws intoHave a controlling influence over.Rate it:

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hack intoTo reduce something to by hacking with a cutting instrument.Rate it:

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put something into perspectiveTo compare with something similar to give a clearer, more accurate idea.Rate it:

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run intoTo cause to collide with.Rate it:

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light intoAttack.Rate it:

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run into the groundTo mismanage to the point of ruin.Rate it:

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run intoTo enter by running.Rate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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creep intoTo enter surreptitiously.Rate it:

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kick into touchTo evade an issue.Rate it:

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suck intoTo cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.Rate it:

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beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo refrain from doing aggressive activities and to do peaceful ones.Rate it:

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fall intoTo be classified as; to fall under.Rate it:

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