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
Bernardita	-	Spanish
Aladin	[ə'lædin]
Ashmole	['æʃməul]
Yeager	['jeigə]
Phrixus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Norbert	NAWR-bert (German, Polish), NAWR-bərt (English, Dutch)	German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Ancient Germanic