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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get to first base en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To get as far as the first phase or milestone of a goal.
    • We are not just people who "happen to be queer" — we are a terribly oppressed minority who will never get to first base in our battle for human and constitutional rights until we stop pretending that we are "like everyone else" and start fighting for our uniqueness. 1979 April 28, J. Lee, “I'm Still Here”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, slang) To get as far as kissing in sexual advances.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gotten to first base Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
got to first base Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got to first base Tense=Past lexicographic
getting to first base Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gets to first base Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

take it to the next level · go all the way