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M0nica Thu 19-May-22 14:52:03

I always connect 'reach out' with life boat rescues and crewmen reaching out to rescue people from the sea

Callistemon21 Wed 18-May-22 22:40:08

FoghornLeghorn

Reach out should only ever be said (sung) by the Four Tops. ?

Er worm music!

If I reached out to anyone I'd probably wobble around, reach out too far and fall over.

BigBertha1 Wed 18-May-22 22:20:09

Love it Foghorn.

FoghornLeghorn Wed 18-May-22 14:36:35

Reach out should only ever be said (sung) by the Four Tops. ?

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 18-May-22 11:09:16

It seems to be standard business speak these days. And of course you must start every reply with ‘So’.?

Scribbles Wed 18-May-22 11:05:43

I blame Diana Ross!
youtu.be/QjW_TPSq73M

Cabbie21 Wed 18-May-22 10:25:29

Agreed. I hate “reach out”.
When you think about it, “ get in touch” has some unwanted connotations!

LauraNorderr Wed 18-May-22 10:15:30

I agree Volver, if my MOT provider ‘reached out’ I’d probably smack his/her hand. Unless of course my car had failed, I might need sympathy ?

LauraNorderr Wed 18-May-22 10:12:38

Perhaps lots of sad or lonely people don’t ‘reach out’ because others might think they’re feeble.

volver Wed 18-May-22 10:12:35

Oh I think that's all OK LauraNorderr, that's what the phrase means. But if they just mean "Shall we phone x" or shall we send him an email, that's something else.

We'll reach out and tell you whether your car has passed its MOT

Grrr!

LauraNorderr Wed 18-May-22 10:09:38

Oops. I’ve just used that very expression on another thread but hopefully in context
‘it takes courage to reach out and ask for help’.
I wouldn’t use it to say I’m phoning a friend for a catch up but I might use it if I felt someone was in need as in ‘shall we reach out to Joe’ if Joe seemed to be depressed and withdrawn. It symbolises extending a hand to draw someone in.

Aveline Wed 18-May-22 10:07:43

Oh yes. So annoying!

henetha Wed 18-May-22 10:05:20

It conjures an image in my head of someone trying to grab you. I don't like it at all.

FarNorth Wed 18-May-22 10:03:28

grin Me too. It sounds so feeble.

volver Wed 18-May-22 10:02:06

Oh this is one of my pet hates!!

I used to hear it a lot at work. Shall we reach out to Joe?

You mean, shall we phone him?!?!?!

Aaargghh!

BigBertha1 Wed 18-May-22 09:56:15

Everybody wants to Reach Out to me lately. Why can't they just 'get in touch'? I just needed to share that with somebody. Thanks. I suppose its marginally better then 'touch base'.