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touches on

touches on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of touch on.

Meaning of touch on

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
    • We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To come or go to for a short time.
    • I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts.1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Touches on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of touch on.

Words near touches on in the dictionary

  1. touches home
  2. touches in
  3. touches of the tar brush
  4. touches of the tarbrush
  5. touches off
  6. touches on
  7. touches one's forelock
  8. touches oneself
  9. touches some grass
  10. touches someone's hem
  11. touches someone's robe

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