"get to first base" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-get to first base.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets to first base [present, singular, third-person], getting to first base [participle, present], got to first base [past], got to first base [UK, participle, past], gotten to first base [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> to first base}} get to first base (third-person singular simple present gets to first base, present participle getting to first base, simple past got to first base, past participle (UK) got to first base or (US) gotten to first base)
  1. (idiomatic) To get as far as the first phase or milestone of a goal. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-get_to_first_base-en-verb-3iUyhSCF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
  2. (idiomatic) To get as far as kissing in sexual advances. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-get_to_first_base-en-verb-QSx5l-hV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: go all the way, take it to the next level

Inflected forms

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