"touch base" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: touches base [present, singular, third-person], touching base [participle, present], touched base [participle, past], touched base [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} touch base (third-person singular simple present touches base, present participle touching base, simple past and past participle touched base)
  1. (baseball, literally) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand. Tags: literally Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: touch bases Derived forms: Touch Base Policy Translations (in baseball): koskea pesää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-touch_base-en-verb-acZ0ZVEq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'in baseball': 98 2
  2. (by extension, idiomatic, colloquial, Canada, US, usually with "with") To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate. Tags: Canada, US, broadly, colloquial, idiomatic, usually Translations (to consult, visit or communicate): puhua (Finnish), keskustella (note: with kanssa) (Finnish), kurzschließen [colloquial] (German), skontaktować (Polish), консульти́роваться (konsulʹtírovatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), совеща́ться (soveščátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обсужда́ть (obsuždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перегова́ривать (peregovárivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-touch_base-en-verb-apUss38Q Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'to consult, visit or communicate': 3 97

Alternative forms

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