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reach for the skies

reach for the skies is the alternative form of reach for the sky.

Meaning of reach for the sky

Interjection

  1. Surrender (by putting your hands up)!

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Forms of reach for the skies

third-person singular presentreaches for the skies
present participlereaching for the skies
past participlereached for the skies
pastreached for the skies

Questions about reach for the skies

What is reach for the skies the alternative form of?
Reach for the skies is the alternative form of reach for the sky.

Words near reach for the skies in the dictionary

  1. reach
  2. reach across the aisle
  3. reach down
  4. reach for
  5. reach for the moon
  6. reach for the skies
  7. reach for the sky
  8. reach for the stars
  9. reach mahjong
  10. reach out
  11. reach past

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reach for the skies (page history and authors); reach for the sky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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