reach out after (someone or something)
reach out after (someone or something)
To extend one's hand outward in an attempt to touch or grasp someone or something. I reached out after my glass of water, forgetting that I had left it on the kitchen counter downstairs. The crying toddler reached out after her mother, who promptly scooped her up.
See also: after, out, reach
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- stick two fingers up at (someone or something)
- put two fingers up at (someone or something)
- put/stick two fingers up at somebody
- stretch away to
- stretch away to (someone or something)
- stretch out to
- stretch out to (someone, something, or some place)
- stretch away from (someone or something)
- within grasp
- pluck from