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first base

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first base (countable and uncountable, plural first bases)

  1. (singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
    The runner took his lead off first base.
  2. (singular only, by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity.
  3. (singular only, US, colloquial) Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.
    I got to first base with Danny, and hope to get him naked this weekend.
  4. (blackjack) The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.

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