reach down
Verb
Meaning
reach down (third-person singular simple present reaches down, present participle reaching down, simple past and past participle reached down)
To take an item down from a high shelf or the like.
Examples
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.
No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.
Sparhawk grinned. "If Martel finds out that he's drinking again, he'll reach down his throat and pull his heart out." "Can you actually do that to a man?" "You can if your arm's long enough, and if you know what you're looking for.[...].
There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. "In the Mood for Love," though, reached all the way to my belly.
A Haughty person will not even reach down to take his own nose if it had fallen to the ground.