MEANING
To try to be successful at something that is difficult
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
If you want success, you have to reach for the stars.
The former Heriot’s flanker knows he is reaching for the stars at Headingley today.
I was not reaching for the stars, I just wanted to keep myself financially by acting.
Pop fan Katie Storey is reaching for the stars after winning a competition to watch the sparkling Christmas lights in Oxford Street being switched on by some of her pop idols.