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Idiom

touch base

Meaning

To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Let's touch base later this afternoon.”

“I will touch base with my manager tomorrow to see if the project is still on track.”

“After returning from his extended leave, he made it a priority to touch base with each department head to ensure the transition remained seamless.”

Examples

simple

“Let's touch base later this afternoon.”

contextual

“I will touch base with my manager tomorrow to see if the project is still on track.”

complex

“After returning from his extended leave, he made it a priority to touch base with each department head to ensure the transition remained seamless.”

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