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reached out

reached out is the simple past and past participle of reach out.

Meaning of reach out

Verb

reach out (third-person singular simple present reaches out, present participle reaching out, simple past and past participle reached out)

  1. (intransitive) To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something.
    • He reached out to catch the falling snowflake.
  2. (intransitive) To ask for help.
    • His drug overdose was just him reaching out to you.
  3. (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
    • Volunteering projects can be good ways to reach out.
  4. (intransitive, with-to) To try to contact someone, especially in order to give or get information, help, support, etc.
    • Feel free to reach out if you need someone to talk to.

Questions about reached out

What is reached out the simple past and past participle of?
Reached out is the simple past and past participle of reach out.

Words near reached out in the dictionary

  1. reached for
  2. reached for the moon
  3. reached for the skies
  4. reached for the sky
  5. reached for the stars
  6. reached out
  7. reached past
  8. reached rock bottom
  9. reachedst
  10. reacher
  11. reachers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reached out (page history and authors); reach out (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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