out of reach

prepositional phrase

Outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.

“I'm sorry, but your goal of becoming an astronaut is out of reach with those grades.”

Similar
unapproachableunreachableunreachedinaccessibleunaccessible
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.
  2. figurativelyImpossible or too far away.

    I'm sorry, but your goal of becoming an astronaut is out of reach with those grades.

    1 more example

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinaccessibly located or situated

Similar
unapproachableunreachableunreachedinaccessibleunaccessible
Also see
unapproachableunreachableunreached

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic بمنأى عن
  • بمنأى عنimpossible or too far away
Finnish ulottumattomissa, saavuttamattomissa
  • ulottumattomissabeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • saavuttamattomissaimpossible or too far away
French hors d'atteinte, hors de portée
  • hors d'atteintebeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • hors de portéebeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • hors de portéeimpossible or too far away
German außer Reichweite, nicht erreichbar
  • außer Reichweitebeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • nicht erreichbarbeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • unerreichbarimpossible or too far away
  • außer Reichweiteimpossible or too far away
Māori aweawe, kaiawe
  • aweawebeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • kaiawebeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
Polish poza zasięgiem, poza zasięgiem
  • poza zasięgiembeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • poza zasięgiemimpossible or too far away
Spanish a trasmano, a desmano
  • a trasmanobeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
  • a desmanobeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
Swedish utom räckhåll
  • utom räckhållbeyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm
Tamil எட்டாக்கனி
  • எட்டாக்கனி (eṭṭākkaṉi)impossible or too far away
Cite this entry
APA

out of reach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20reach

MLA

“out of reach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20reach. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of reach,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20reach.

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