touch base

[ tuhch beys ]

verb phrase

1. to communicate, make contact, or reconnect, especially quickly or briefly: It’s important to reach out to the client at least twice a year, just to touch base and update the account.

   They touched base with every political group on campus during the campaign season.

   It’s important to reach out to the client at least twice a year, just to touch base and update the account.

Word History and Origins

Origin of touch base¹

First recorded in 1875–80 as a baseball term, and in 1915–20 for current sense

Example Sentences

We wanted to touch base on everything—the jokes, the girls, pranking on each other.

From The Daily Beast

Schwartz adds that hikers should “touch base with the rangers in that area before hiking to ask about the animals.”

From The Daily Beast

We have great fun hiding the switch, and the one who finds it chases the rest till we touch base, which is a big tree.

From Project Gutenberg