reach (redirected from reaching)

reach someone 

1. Lit. to travel up to or as far as someone. Iran until I reached her just in time to save her from going over the cliff.

2. Fig. to manage to be understood by someone; to have one's message appreciated by someone. If we could only reach them with our message, we might be able to convince them to stay in school.

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Aim for the stars! arrive at a decision bottom come to a dead end get to first base hit rock bottom in a body in the nick of time out of reach reach reach a compromise

reach a conclusion reach an accord reach an impasse reach an understanding with reach back to reach boiling point reach down reach for reach for the moon reach for the sky reach in

reach out reach out into reach out to reach stride reach to reach toward reach up to stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach things have come to a pretty pass turning point within reach