reach down
Lower your arm
Reach down describes the physical action of extending your arm or body toward something lower than yourself, typically to pick something up or touch something below you.
She reached down to pet the dog.
The phrase also has figurative uses suggesting extending help or attention to those with less power or status: The organization reaches down to communities that other charities ignore.
- beneathIn a lower position
- underIn a lower position
- bendCurve or flex
- graspSeize or understand
- retrieveGet something back
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