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Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : R : reach out

reach out

Meaning: to extend your arm in order to touch or take something with your hand

For example:

  • reach out Ronaldo reached out to shake hands with his fans, and then drove off.

  • reach out If you extend your finger in front of a baby, the baby will reach out and grasp it.

Quick Quiz:

If you reach out for something, you try to touch it with
  1. your tongue
  2. your hand
  3. a ten-foot pole

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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