touch base en · VERB
Meanings
- (literally) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
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(Canada, US, broadly, colloquial, idiomatic, usually, with "with") 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| touch bases | alternative | lexicographic | |
| touches base | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| touched base | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| touched base | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| touching base | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (9)
ru консульти́роваться (to consult, visit or communicate) · ru обсужда́ть (to consult, visit or communicate) · de kurzschließen (to consult, visit or communicate) · pl skontaktować (to consult, visit or communicate) · fi koskea pesää (in baseball) · ru перегова́ривать (to consult, visit or communicate) · fi keskustella (to consult, visit or communicate) · ru совеща́ться (to consult, visit or communicate) · fi puhua (to consult, visit or communicate)