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reach someone

 

1. Lit. to travel up to or as far as someone. Iran until I reached her just in time to save her from going over the cliff.

2. Fig. to manage to be understood by someone; to have one's message appreciated by someone. If we could only reach them with our message, we might be able to convince them to stay in school.

See:

• aim for the sky
• Aim for the stars!
• arrive at a decision
• beyond reach
• boarding house reach
• boardinghouse reach
• bottom
• come to a dead end
• feel for
• get to first base
• hit rock bottom
• in a body
• in reach
• in the nick of time
• out of reach
• reach
• reach a compromise
• reach a conclusion
• reach a pretty pass
• reach an accord
• reach an impasse
• reach an understanding with
• reach back to
• reach boiling point
• reach down
• reach first base
• reach for
• reach for the moon
• reach for the sky
• reach for the stars
• reach in
• reach out
• reach out into
• reach out to
• reach speeds of
• reach stride
• reach to
• reach toward
• reach up to
• stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
• things have come to a pretty pass
• turning point
• within arm's reach
• within reach