within grasp



*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.
See also: grasp, within

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PlÁCidoPLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
HartmutHAHRT-moot (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Sardar-Persian, Urdu, Pashto
IrmtraudEERM-trowtGerman
Iounia-Biblical Greek
Winfrith-Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)