触しょく手しゅを伸のばす

expression, godan verb (-su)

reach out; extend one's reach; set one's sights on

Idiomatic expression meaning to actively try to obtain or achieve something, often with a nuance of ambition or expansion. The literal image is of extending tentacles.

• 彼かれは海かい外がい市し場じょうに触しょく手しゅを伸のばしている。

  He is reaching out to overseas markets.

• あの会かい社しゃは新あらたな事じ業ぎょう分ぶん野やに触しょく手しゅを伸のばそうとしている。

  That company is trying to extend its reach into new business areas.