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
Zechariah	zek-ə-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical, English
Valerian	və-LIR-ee-ən (English)	History, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian
Hiltrud	HIL-troot	German
Stan (2)	-	Romanian
Ji-Hun	jee-hoon	Korean
Christina	[kris'ti:nə]