reach for the stars

English

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Verb

reach for the stars (third-person singular simple present reaches for the stars, present participle reaching for the stars, simple past and past participle reached for the stars)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To have high hopes; to be ambitious.

   Synonyms: reach for the sky, reach for the moon, shoot for the moon, aim for the sky, aim for the stars

Related terms

• promise the stars
• reach for the sky

Translations

to have high hopes

• Catalan: tenir grans ambicions
• Finnish: kurkottaa kuuhun
• French: tirer des plans sur la comète (fr), vouloir décrocher la lune, avoir de hautes ambitions
• German: nach den Sternen greifen (de), nach den Sternen langen (uncommon)
• Navajo: sǫʼ bíká dichííd
• Polish: sięgać gwiazd impf, sięgnąć gwiazd pf

See also

• build castles in the air

Further reading

• “reach for the stars”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “reach for the stars”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “reach for the stars”, in Collins English Dictionary.