rounding bases
Scoring path traveled
Rounding bases is moving around the four bases in baseball after hitting the ball, typically at speed.
A player who rounds the bases touches first, second, third, and home plate in sequence.
The phrase extends to sexual progress through the base metaphor: We were rounding bases in the back seat.
To round all the bases is to complete the circuit—scoring a run, or going all the way.
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- home plateScoring base in baseball
- slidingMoving smoothly across surface
- diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone
- runningSwift foot travel
score · hit · batted in · homerun · grand slam · stealing · infield · outfield · foul line · sprint · dugout · cleats · dirt · tag · safe · out · runner · coach
rounding basesstalling out
Ceasing to function suddenly
going nowhere · hitting a wall · spinning wheels · losing ground · falling short
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