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reach out

/ reach out /

verb

verb Sense 1

attempt to communicate

"I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn''t want to have anything to do with me"

Type of:

interact

Kinds of:

draw out

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 2

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

"Government reaches out to the people"

Type of:

move

Derived:

reach reaching stretch

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 3

reach outward in space

"The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"

Type of:

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something to somebody

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