touch on

1. Also, touch upon.

2. Mention briefly or casually in passing, as in He barely touched on the subject of immigration . [First half of 1600s]

3. Approach closely, verge on, as in This frenzy touched on clinical insanity . [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

The album also touches on the fragility of mental health.

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Freddie Freeman slammed a walk-off homer to lead off the bottom of the 18th, putting the finishing touch on one of the weirdest, wackiest, most mind-numbing contests ever staged in the Fall Classic.

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"It might touch on that, but it has a lot of other components too."

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While it touches on Gacy’s life before he killed at least 33 young men and boys, the show focuses on the victims, their families and the investigators who cracked this haunting case.

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The changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules don’t just touch on national issues around race and gender.

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• specify 
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