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lean across

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lean across someone or something
to incline oneself across someone or something. She leaned across me to reach the telephone and spilled my wine. Laura leaned across the table and knocked my coffee over.
See also: across, lean


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When working on the ladder, never lean across to reach - always move the ladder so you can reach without stretching.
Byline: Wilf Lunn, IN a snooker match the player sometimes has to lean across the table.
Last month, we revealed a woman driving a Land Rover had allowed a young girl not wearing a seatbelt to lean across her and steer the wheel.
 
 
 
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