If You Wanted To Contact Someone Would You...

[sandyRoe]

...'reach out' to them?

Another Americanism?

[naomi24]

No.  It's a silly expression.  

[barry1010]

Only if I were drowning 

[Barsel]

It sounds like another Americanism.

Not something I would say, but the other day I said to my daughter, 'What y'all doing for Christmas?'. Well, at least I didn't say Thanksgiving.

[Khandro]

There's been a whole thread on this & I think it was established that Neil Diamond was the culprit years ago with 'Sweet Caroline' 

Hands
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you

[naomi24]

That's nonsense, Khandro.  He wasn't writing her a letter.

[newmodarmy]

Don't blame Neil Diamond- that's a different use of the term. Someone hhas pointed out before about Reach Out and I'll be There by the Four Tops. Reaching out is avalid expression but it's overused and misused when a simple contacted/ messaged /asked etc would suffice.

[Peter Pedant]

yes, I have 'reached out' to many people. First time when a bin lorry had banged my car ( they  hadnt) and the mgr went to the lengths of getting the GPS route and a photo was involved ( kinda odd since the route was nowhere near my car)

so I thought he had gone the extra mile

[THECORBYLOON]

KHANDRO, "There's been a whole thread on this & I think it was established that Neil Diamond was the culprit years ago with 'Sweet Caroline' "

If you mean this thread,

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Question1877976.html

it was established only in your own mind.

[Peter Pedant]

o god and in that very thread that CBL gave - is s first draft of my bin story