reach for
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Verb
reach for (third-person singular simple present reaches for, present participle reaching for, simple past and past participle reached for)
- To try to get (something) by extending one's arm or moving one's hand.
- To aspire to achieve.
- to reach for success
Derived terms
Translations
to try to get by extending one's arm or moving one's hand
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to aspire to achieve
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Further reading
- “reach”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “reach for”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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