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touch 'em all

touch 'em all verb: to touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.

Verb

touch 'em all (third-person singular simple present touches 'em all, present participle touching 'em all, simple past and past participle touched 'em all)

  1. (slang) To touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.

Forms of touch 'em all

third-person singular presenttouches 'em all
present participletouching 'em all
past participletouched 'em all
pasttouched 'em all

Questions about touch 'em all

What does touch 'em all mean?
Touch 'em all means to touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.
What part of speech is touch 'em all?
Touch 'em all is a verb.
What is the past tense of touch 'em all?
The past tense of touch 'em all is touched 'em all.

Words near touch 'em all in the dictionary

  1. toucanet
  2. toucanets
  3. toucanlike
  4. toucans
  5. touch
  6. touch 'em all
  7. touch a chord
  8. touch a nerve
  9. touch a raw nerve
  10. touch and go
  11. touch assist

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