From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwithin reasonwithin reasonSENSIBLEwithin sensible limits You can go anywhere you want, within reason. → reason
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within reason• Within reason, the city does what it can to prevent traffic accidents.• Do what you can, within reason, to prevent accidents.• The management often let their regulars stay on credit, within reason.• So it follows that the more startling or bizarre your murder is, within reason, the better.• Clearly a public service campaign must, within reason, aim for virtually complete coverage.• By all means go and practise within reason.• Children should, within reason, be able to experiment with many different activities.• Where you take them should, within reason, be left entirely to them.• In fact, it's quite useful to expose him to people from outside the Unit, within reason.• It is well within reason to expect help in this regard in exchange for further financial assistance.• They are also willing, within reason, to pay towards this schooling. 