Usually means: Attempt to grasp or attain.
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  1. reach for: Merriam-Webster
  2. reach for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reach for: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reach for)

verb:  To try to get (something) by extending one's arm or moving one's hand.
verb:  To aspire to achieve.

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