Define Reach Out Meaning

Reach Out
This has become the new cliché for yuppie types or any pseudo-intellectual types or just idiots that think it sounds special. It is simply just another way of saying: contact, call, speak to, notify, etc. It really sounds faggy and flags the speaker as being self conscious about how they sound to their peers. You also have to wonder who they think they're impressing when they speak like they have an Emily Post book on etiquette shoved up their ass.

Bruce: I'm going to 'reach out' to Bill today.

Tom: Hey Bruce, why do you always insist on talking like a fag?! That little homily won't hide the fact that your a douche-bag.
By Leelah
Reach Out
An unfortunately creepy term that is means "to contact" or similar. Brings to mind grasping and undesirable contact from strangers.

1) Charles, please reach out to Jane and provide her the information she requires. 2) My (political) campaign will reach out to every voter.
By Lyndsay
Reach Out
charitable; selfless; generous

Dood, this present was totally reach out.

Think of how reach out it'd be to sleep w/a freshie!!?
By Sabina
Reach Out
A phrase that inherently implies the person being reached out to has distanced themselves from the reacher or the world.

People who post on Urban Dictionary and swear or trash-talk simultaneously reach out to the audience while distancing themselves from a perceived threat, supplanting their fear with anger in a somewhat conflicted cyclic redundancy.
By Merrilee
Reach Out
To connect with, open up to, bridge the gap.

Tomorrow doesn't promise out reach because no one knows if tomorrow is even real.

You are going to have to reach out to me if anything is going to happen.
By Sibel
Reach Out
A sort of sweet-talking, cliche term used by temp agencies and other employers to give you the impression they have some particular vested emotional interest in helping you, when really they are just screwing you over.

Temp Agency Recruiter: "I just wanted to reach out to you and invite you to take time out of your day to come down here for an interview."

Recruitee: "Is this because you think you may have a job available I'm qualified for?"

Recruiter thinks in response: "No, in fact the chances that I will place you are less than 5%, but I benefit personally from having as many qualified people in my database as possible and so therefore I thought I'd reach-out to you and waste your time."
By Morganica
Reach Out
To contact a person (usually a friend you've not seen for some time, or an acquaintance that you don't see often), where there would be no other reason for such contact, for the specific purpose of obtaining a favour, or extending them a favour upon you hearing that they were in need.

You are a police officer, and you hear that a friend of yours has been arrested by a department that you used to work within for something that you feel is unlikely they did. You may decide to 'reach out' to someone that still works there, but whom you've not seen in many years, to see if there is any way you can help sort out the mess.
By Erinna
Thanks For Reaching Out
The most obnoxious possible reply to someone who has contacted you, often used in professional settings.

Hi John, thanks for reaching out. I'm quite busy right now on many important projects. Why don't you reach out to me again at this time next year and see if I have a couple of free minutes then. Or, better yet, how about never? Does never work for you?
By Michaella
Reach Out To Myself
A euphemism for masterbation.

This is a common grammatical mistake for the phrase, “reach out to me” in corporate culture.

I couldn’t find a date so I guess I’m gonna just reach out to myself tonight.
By Dalila
Reach Out And Sue Someone
The legal professionals’ mantra that is a clever twist on the old advertising slogan coined by AT&T in 1979.

California is the poster state for “reach out and sue someone” since it has more lawyers per capita than any other state.
By Emmaline