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touch base with

VERB
phone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up
VERB
telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial phone
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up

Example Sentences

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“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 • Dec. 14, 2025

“We constantly work on that relationship and making sure that we touch base with those players in particular and all of our guys,” Stoops said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

Ford continues to touch base with another man who has been blind since birth and lives in a shelter in Southeast Washington.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

Many of them aren’t in New York, so I touch base with them, show them the work, see how things are going, hear what their ideas are about it.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2022

We had asked her to touch base with our witnesses before the hearing to go over last-minute details and calm their nerves.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson