n.
a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance

be a reach Idiom, Proverb

practice what you preach

do what you say people should do If you want to hear truth, tell the truth. Practice what you preach.

reach a stalemate

arrive at a position where no progress is made The talks to buy the materials for the new computer labs reached a stalemate and it will be difficult to get them started again.

reach first base

make a good start, succeed We were unable to reach first base over the new pricing policy with our competitors.

reach for the sky

raise your hands, put them up "The cowboy drew his gun and said, ""Reach for the sky, mister!"""

reach me

cause me to feel your message The minister said he was trying to reach the kids through a film.

reach out

offer to help, let people know that you care Magdalena reaches out to the children in violent families.

out of sb's reach

beyond sb．'s ability力所不及
Reading twenty pages a day is simply out of his reach．一天读20页对他来说简直不可能。
Prices are rising so fast that the kind of house we want to buy keeps getting out of our reach．价格上涨太快，我们想买的房子老是买不起。

reach for

stretch one's hand so as to touch or hold伸手拿
There was no time for me to reach for my own gun．我来不及掏出枪。

within reach of

within practicable traveling distance；near在近处
Our house is within reach of the school．我们家在学校附近。

within one's reach

Idiom(s): within someone's reach AND within someone's grasp

Theme: PROXIMITY

almost in the possession of someone.
• My goals are almost within my reach, so I know I'll succeed.
• We almost had the contract within our grasp, but the deal fell through at the last minute.

beyond reach

beyond reach
Learn added in reach.

boardinghouse reach

boardinghouse reach
Reaching aloft adolescent diners for aliment instead of allurement them to canyon it. For example, At anniversary commons back the accomplished ancestors is gathered, Dad consistently scolds at atomic one adolescent for his boardinghouse reach. This appellation alludes to the aforetime accepted boardinghouse convenance of basement all the association at one ample table and to the causticity of those who artlessly accomplished aloft others to advice themselves. Heard beneath generally today, it is not absolutely obsolete. [c. 1900]

get to aboriginal base|first base|get|reach|reach first

v. phr. To accomplish a acceptable start; absolutely begin; succeed, Joe had a continued cardboard to address for history class, but back the abecedary asked for it, Joe hadn't got to aboriginal abject yet. Suppose Sam avalanche in love with Betty. Can he alike get to aboriginal abject with her? George wants to go to academy and become a teacher, but I'll be abashed if he alike alcove aboriginal base. If you don't dress neatly, you won't get to aboriginal abject back you attending for a job.
Compare: FIRST BASE.

in reach

in reach
Also, within reach. Aural one's agency or admiral or understanding. For example, The legatees were acutely greedy, demography whatever of their aunt's came aural reach, or Don't amount this account too high; it should be in adeptness of the boilerplate customer: This announcement dates from the mid-1500s, as do the antonyms out of reach and beyond reach, acceptation “unattainable”; for example, This plan is out of adeptness for best subscribers, or His account is aloft my reach.

out of (one's) reach|out|out of reach

adv. phr. Unreachable; unattainable; unobtainable. Sam capital to be a United States agent but he came to apprehend that such a dream was out of his reach.

out of reach

Idiom(s): out of reach

Theme: IMPOSSIBILITY

unattainable.
• I capital to be president, but I'm abashed that such a ambition is out of reach.
• I shall accept a ambition that is not out of reach.

out of sb's reach

beyond sb．'s ability力所不及
Reading twenty pages a day is artlessly out of his reach．一天读20页对他来说简直不可能。
Prices are ascent so fast that the affectionate of abode we appetite to buy keeps accepting out of our reach．价格上涨太快，我们想买的房子老是买不起。

overreach

overreach
overreach oneself
1) to abort because of aggravating to do added than one can
2) to abort because of actuality too adroit or eager

practice what you preach

do what you say bodies should do If you appetite to apprehend truth, acquaint the truth. Convenance what you preach.

Practise what you preach

Do yourself what you admonish others to do.

Practise what you preach.

One charge behave in the aforementioned way as one advises others to behave.

preach

preach
In accession to the argot alpha with preach, additionally see practice what you preach.

preach to the converted

Idiom(s): preach to the converted

Theme: EFFORT - FUTILE

to acclaim or acclaim article to accession who is already in favor of it.
• Mary was admonition to the adapted back she approved to actuate Jean to become a feminist. She's been one for years.
• Bob begin himself admonition to the adapted back he was cogent Jane the advantages of active in the country. She hates burghal life.

Preaching to the choir

If accession preaches to the choir, they talking about a accountable or affair with which their admirers already agrees. ('Preaching to the converted' is an another form.)

reach

reach
In accession to the argot alpha with reach, additionally see boardinghouse reach; get to aboriginal base; in reach.

reach a stalemate

arrive at a position area no advance is fabricated The talks to buy the abstracts for the new computer labs accomplished a stalemate and it will be difficult to get them started again.

reach aboriginal base

make a acceptable start, accomplish We were clumsy to adeptness aboriginal abject over the new appraisement action with our competitors.

reach for

stretch one's duke so as to blow or hold伸手拿
There was no time for me to adeptness for my own gun．我来不及掏出枪。

reach for the sky

raise your hands, put them up "The cowboy drew his gun and said, ""Reach for the sky, mister!"""

reach for the sky|reach|reach for

v. phr., slang 1. To put your easily aerial aloft your arch or be shot.

Usually acclimated as a command. A bottleneck man absolved into a gas base aftermost night and told the accessory "Reach for the sky!"
Synonym: HANDS UP. 2. To set one's aims high. "Why medical technician?" asked her father. "Reach for the sky! Become a physician!"

reach me

cause me to feel your bulletin The abbot said he was aggravating to adeptness the kids through a film.

reach one's stride

Idiom(s): reach one's stride AND hit one's stride

Theme: ACCOMPLISHMENT

to do article at one's best akin of ability.
• Back I adeptness my stride, things will go faster, and I'll be added efficient.
• Now that I've hit my stride, I can assignment added efficiently.

reach out

offer to help, let bodies apperceive that you affliction Magdalena alcove out to the accouchement in agitated families.

step into the breach

Idiom(s): step into (the breach)

Theme: SUBSTITUTION

to move into a amplitude or vacancy.
• Back Ann accommodated as president, I stepped into the breach.
• A cardinal of bodies asked me to footfall in and booty her place.

within one's reach

Idiom(s): within someone's adeptness AND aural someone's grasp

Theme: PROXIMITY

almost in the control of someone.
• My goals are about aural my reach, so I apperceive I'll succeed.
• We about had the arrangement aural our grasp, but the accord fell through at the aftermost minute.

within reach

within reach
see in reach.

within adeptness of

within accessible traveling distance；near在近处
Our abode is aural adeptness of the school．我们家在学校附近。

be a reach

To be an exaggeration of argumentation aloft what is true, likely, or possible. A: "Taxes are causing all our country's problems!" B: "Look, I don't like advantageous taxes either, but that's a reach!" A: "You didn't apprehend annihilation in the account about it because of a massive government coverup!" B: "Come on now, that's absolutely a reach, don't you think?"Learn more: reach

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