Definition of "reach out"

reach out

verb
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.
2. (intransitive) To ask for help.
3. (intransitive) To make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
4. (intransitive, originally business, followed by to) To attempt to initiate communication with someone; to contact.
  Quotations
  The Chronicle reached out to Neely for comment about the emails Saturday afternoon, but did not receive a response in time for publication.
  2018 January 26, Bre Bradham, Nathan Luzum, Xinchen Li and Kenrick Cai, "Grad program director steps down after warning students not to speak Chinese" The Chronicle (Duke University:)