If matters reach a crisis, we can let them shoot it out between themselves.

But teachers say the message that play matters does not reach the classroom.

The matter reached its peak at the round table over lunch.

I asked for the power of flight, so that no matter what happened, the Hounds couldn't possibly reach me.

A matter of the past reaching well into the future - which is now.

How did matters reach this pass and can anything be done about it?

But when matters had reached a certain point, he recalled his debt to her.

If you set each year's quota a bit higher than the one before, matters will soon reach a head there.

The matter has reached the courts in patients' lawsuits against surgeons.

Outside of the judge's house, other matters had reached a settlement.