reach out
verb
Forms reaches out reaching out reached out
- verb (intransitive) To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something. “He reached out to catch the falling snowflake.”
- verb (intransitive) To ask for help. “His drug overdose was just him reaching out to you.”
- verb (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances. “Volunteering projects can be good ways to reach out.”
- verb (intransitive, originally business, followed by to) To try to contact someone, especially in order to give or get information, help, support, etc. “Feel free to reach out if you need someone to talk to.”
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Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “reach out”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details