reach out after (someone or something)
(redirected from reach out after us)reach out after (someone or something)
To extend one's hand outward in an attempt to touch or grasp someone or something. I reached out after my glass of water, forgetting that I had left it on the kitchen counter downstairs. The crying toddler reached out after her mother, who promptly scooped her up.
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- stick two fingers up at (someone or something)
- put two fingers up at (someone or something)
- put/stick two fingers up at somebody
- stretch away to
- stretch away to (someone or something)
- stretch out to
- stretch out to (someone, something, or some place)
- stretch away from (someone or something)
- within grasp
- pluck from