reach out (for something)

reach out (for something)
reach out (after someone or something) & reach out (for something)
to extend one's grasp to someone or something. •

Don reached out after Doris, but she slipped away before he could get a good hold on her.

Doris reached out for the door, but it slammed closed.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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