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touch bases

touch bases is the alternative form of touch base.

Meaning of touch base

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.

Forms of touch bases

third-person singular presenttouches bases
present participletouching bases
past participletouched bases
pasttouched bases

Questions about touch bases

What is touch bases the alternative form of?
Touch bases is the alternative form of touch base.

Words near touch bases in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: touch bases (page history and authors); touch base (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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