touch base

verb

To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.

“Touch base with your boss before you start work to make sure you understand the project.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person touches base · participle present touching base · participle past touched base · past touched base · alternative touch bases

  1. literallyball gamesTo touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
  2. CanadaUSbroadlycolloquialidiomaticusuallyTo 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.

    1 more example

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbestablish communication with someone

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get in touchconnect
Broader
interact
Also see
circle upconnectget in touchhit up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish koskea pesää, puhua
  • koskea pesääin baseball
  • puhuato consult, visit or communicate
  • keskustellato consult, visit or communicate
German kurzschließen
  • kurzschließento consult, visit or communicate
Polish skontaktować
  • skontaktowaćto consult, visit or communicate
Russian консульти́роваться, совеща́ться
  • консульти́роваться (konsulʹtírovatʹsja)to consult, visit or communicate
  • совеща́ться (soveščátʹsja)to consult, visit or communicate
  • обсужда́ть (obsuždátʹ)to consult, visit or communicate
  • перегова́ривать (peregovárivatʹ)to consult, visit or communicate
Cite this entry
APA

touch base. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20base

MLA

“touch base.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20base. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “touch base,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%20base.

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