touch base
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
While Whatsapp messages undoubtedly help us touch base and tell people we're thinking of them, she's found them a wholly "unsatisfactory" catch-up replacement during maternity leave.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
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 • Aug. 7, 2024
There apparently was no follow up to the Spanish teacher’s email in September asking the counselor to touch base with Crumbley, Johnson said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2022
“You do that. Then come back in the afternoon so we can touch base again.”
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.