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- verb baseball To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.
- verb idiomatic, colloquial, US, Canada, usually with "with" (derived from the baseball term) To
consult ,visit , orcommunicate .
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- verb establish communication with someone
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super-charolastra commented on the word touch base
Hate it. What was once a perfectly good baseball-based metaphor has become so overused it makes me sick.
February 27, 2009
bilby commented on the word touch base
For me it's annoying when I hear it because 99 out of 100 Australians wouldn't know which end of a baseball bat to hold.
February 27, 2009