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reaching down

reaching down is the present participle and gerund of reach down.

Meaning of reach down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To take an item down from a high shelf or the like.
    • Just reach me down that volume, would you.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reach, down.
    • She reached down to grap the bottle lying on the floor.

Questions about reaching down

What is reaching down the present participle and gerund of?
Reaching down is the present participle and gerund of reach down.

Words near reaching down in the dictionary

  1. reachieves
  2. reachieving
  3. reachin'
  4. reaching
  5. reaching across the aisle
  6. reaching down
  7. reaching for
  8. reaching for the moon
  9. reaching for the skies
  10. reaching for the sky
  11. reaching for the stars

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