touch base

English

Alternative forms

• touch bases

Verb

touch base (third-person singular simple present touches base, present participle touching base, simple past and past participle touched base)

1. (baseball) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
2. (by extension, colloquial, Canada, US, 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.

   • 2014, A. Meredith Walters, Light in the Shadows, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 55:

     I had met with Dr. Todd right before dinner. He had wanted to touch base with me about my ongoing treatment.

Derived terms

• Touch Base Policy

Translations

in baseball

• Finnish: koskea pesää

to consult, visit or communicate

• Finnish: puhua (fi), keskustella (fi) (with kanssa)
• Polish: skontaktować (pl)