"touch on" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "touches on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touching on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "touch on (third-person singular simple present touches on, present participle touching on, simple past and past participle touched on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "mention",
          "mention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "touch upon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "andradaṙnal",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "անդրադառնալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šošapʻel",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "շոշափել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "sivuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "effleurer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "évoquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "anreißen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "tocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "değinmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "söz etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mention briefly",
          "word": "yer vermek"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come or go to for a short time."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To come or go to for a short time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "come or go for a short time",
          "word": "pistäytyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "come or go for a short time",
          "word": "passer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touch on"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "touches on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touching on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mention",
          "mention"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come or go to for a short time."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To come or go to for a short time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "touch upon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "andradaṙnal",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "անդրադառնալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šošapʻel",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "շոշափել"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "sivuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "effleurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "évoquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "anreißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "tocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "değinmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "söz etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mention briefly",
      "word": "yer vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "come or go for a short time",
      "word": "pistäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "come or go for a short time",
      "word": "passer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touch on"
}