touch base

touch base
verb
establish communication with someone
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did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?

• Syn: ↑get in touch, ↑connect
• Derivationally related forms: ↑connection (for: ↑connect), ↑connexion (for: ↑connect)
• Hypernyms: ↑interact
• Verb Group: ↑connect
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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phrasal
: to come in contact or communication

coming in from the cold to touch base with civilization — Carla Hunt

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touch base (
● touch

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touch base phrase
to communicate with someone that you have not seen for some time in order to find out how they are, what is happening etc

I’ll call her next week just to touch base.

Thesaurus: to be or to not be in contact with someonesynonym
Main entry: base

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I touch base(s)
informal briefly make or renew contact with (someone)
II touch base (with)
see base I

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touch base
informal : to meet and talk as a way of learning about recent news

Let's get together for lunch next week to touch base.

— usually + with

He attended the conference for a chance to touch base with other people in the computer industry.

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Main Entry: ↑base
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touch base — see ↑base, 1
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Main Entry: ↑touch

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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