reach down en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To take an item down from a high shelf or the like.
Just reach me down that volume, would you.
'Shall I reach the grips down for you?'
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 15, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 182:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reach, down.
She reached down to grap the bottle lying on the floor.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reached down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| reached down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reaches down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| reaching down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |