to reach out
338
2.7
- phrasal verb
- /riːtʃ aʊt/
:
ponerse en contacto (con)
- You may be surprised at how many of them want to reach out and affect the lives of students.
- reach out to others
- reach out to people
- reach out to the community
See, you feel awkward about reaching out, and so do I.
- See, you feel awkward about reaching out, and so do I.
- Even the small details like should I reach out to someone right now?
- And thank you for for reaching out from Stocksdale, Kentucky.
- Only then when they reach out, do you offer to them.
- I chat to my friends and I reach out to this dentist.
- And then I reached out to someone.
- My second tip is reaching out for help seeking therapy.
- So that's why I reached out to my girl, Nikki.
- And they started quietly reaching out to hackers on these forums.
- And, you know, a lot of orphans reach out to you about your journey.
- Where can people find you, reach out to you, contact you?
- Like they would never reach out to us.
- But guys, if you want to reach out to me, please call me.
- Or is that just cartels reaching out to China for the chemicals?
- Find your supporters and reach out to them, however you do it.
- What if they reach out to you during the no contact.
- So has anybody reached out from Hyde to you since?
Examples
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The schools must exercise initiative in reaching out to involve the whole community.
Academic text (2013) -
I decided to reach out to my old friend to see how she was doing.
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And then I reached out to someone.
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I think you need to like reach out and have some hang time.
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Where can people find you, reach out to you, contact you?
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I did reach out to her.
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The hospital of the future will reach out to those in need of health care.
Academic text (1990) -
If we don't reach out, love cannot find us.
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First of all, the fact that you're reaching out I think is so fantastic.
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Consider culture and civil rights. Communicate, provide interpreters, reach out, ask questions, give respect.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.3
Make contact with someone by phone or email
572
1.8
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
202
2.7
To contact someone briefly to see how they are
155
2.3
Contact someone after not talking for a while
113
2.8
To get in touch with someone after a time without talking
5
2.9
To offer help or friendship by reaching out your hand to someone
1
5.1
Call or message someone to let them know something
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal spatial sense ('extend or stretch outward') is directly derivable from combining 'reach' and 'out', but the frequent interpersonal sense ('contact someone') is a metaphorical extension of physical reaching and relies on conventionalized phrasal-verb usage. Because the contact meaning is partly predictable yet not fully literal, it is best judged semi-transparent for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Reach out comes from the simple image of stretching a hand out to reach another person, like leaning across a table to hand someone a note or a helping hand, and so it now means 'to try to contact someone' or 'to offer help'.