reach for

reach for someone or something

to extend one's grasp to someone or something. I reached for my father, but he wasn't there. I reached for a pen, but I only had a pencil.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sjoerd	SHOORT (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Iona (1)	ie-ON-ə (English)	English, Scottish
Bronislovas	-	Lithuanian
Nichols	['nikəlz]
Dipali	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
YasemİN	yah-se-MEEN	Turkish