reach out to sb
— phrasal verb with reach /riːtʃ/ verbDefinition
› to try to communicate with a person or a group of people, usually in order to help or involve them: The new mayor is reaching out to the local community to involve them in his plans for the city.Communicating and keeping in touch › to offer help and support to someone: She set up her charity to reach out to the thousands of homeless on the streets.Helping and co-operating
(Definition of reach out to sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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