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within reason. Inside the bounds of good sense, justification, or practicality. For example, We need to keep our prices in reason, or He promised to do what he can to help us, within reason. [Late 1500s]
within reason
| Idioms: in reason |
| WordNet: within reason |
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The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
Synonyms: reasonably, moderately, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably
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| Asia Minor (1956 Album by Machito) |
| Asia Minor [Expanded] (2002 Album by Machito and His Afro-Cubans) |
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