reach down

verb

To take an item down from a high shelf or the like.

“Just reach me down that volume, would you.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person reaches down · participle present reaching down · participle past reached down · past reached down

  1. transitiveTo take an item down from a high shelf or the like.

    Just reach me down that volume, would you.

    1 more example

    '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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reach, down.

    She reached down to grap the bottle lying on the floor.

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APA

reach down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reach%20down

MLA

“reach down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reach%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reach down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reach%20down.

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