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touch base

touch base verb: to touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.

Verb

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

  1. (literally) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
  2. (Canada, US, broadly, colloquial, idiomatic, usually) To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate.
    • Touch base with your boss before you start work to make sure you understand the project.
    • I had met with Dr. Todd right before dinner. He had wanted to touch base with me about my ongoing treatment.2014, A. Meredith Walters, Light in the Shadows, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of touch base

third-person singular presenttouches base
present participletouching base
past participletouched base
pasttouched base
alternative formtouch bases

Words formed from touch base

Questions about touch base

What does touch base mean?
Touch base means to touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
What part of speech is touch base?
Touch base is a verb.
What is the past tense of touch base?
The past tense of touch base is touched base.

Words near touch base in the dictionary

  1. touch a nerve
  2. touch a raw nerve
  3. touch and go
  4. touch assist
  5. touch assists
  6. touch base
  7. Touch Base Policy
  8. touch bases
  9. touch bottom
  10. touch cloth
  11. touch cotton

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