reach out after someone—extend one’s hand in an effort to grasp a person:
- Don reached out after Doris, but she slipped away before he could get a good hold on her.
reach out to someone—
1. offer help or support to a person:
- You reached out to me just when I needed help the most.
2. make an effort to communicate with smb. in order to persuade or inform:
- Modern politicians try to reach out to ordinary people in their speeches.