reach out

Verb

Meaning

reach outward in space

move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense

attempt to communicate

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

reach extend poke out control network give act approach extended offer contact exchange achieve reaching argue
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Antonyms

keep taking avoid contract decline answer
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Hypernyms

move interact be

Hyponyms

draw out

Examples

The purpose of life...is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly. Georg Büchner

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. Arthur Ashe

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. Pope Paul VI

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer. Arthur Miller

A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, a man is reaching out to a man. Afghan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

reach majority reach one's destination reach one's nostrils reach out to reach past reach peak