touch base with

Idioms  

1. Make contact or renew communications with, as in I'll try to touch base with you when I'm in Ohio, or The candidate touched base with every ethnic group in the city. This idiom comes from baseball, where a runner must touch each base without being tagged before a run can be scored.

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Example Sentences

“It’s a lot easier for me to touch base with people who can get them on the phone and say, ‘50 wants to talk to you.’

From The Wall Street Journal

Her long-running podcast, “Dear Chelsea,” allows her to “touch base with real people. I’m a real person, no matter how famous I have become. I’m from New Jersey. I’m salty and I want to get down to business with people. The podcast has been a surprise gift that I’ve really loved doing.”

From Los Angeles Times

The news outlet holds quarterly community meetings to touch base with residents and hear their concerns.

From Los Angeles Times

Each time he reached a milestone in his process, Álvarez would touch base with Scott, who provided specific notes, particularly after watching the first cut of “Romulus.”

From Los Angeles Times

They touch base with mariners entering the Salish Sea and can share reports of whale sightings with the Cetacean Desk.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• call up
• contact
• dial
• phone