touching base
Making brief contact
Touching base is making brief contact with someone, usually to share updates or maintain a connection.
The phrase comes from baseball, where runners must touch bases to score.
In business and casual contexts, it suggests a quick check-in rather than extended conversation: Just touching base to see how the project is going.
Often appears as touch base: Let's touch base next week.
- checking inReporting your arrival
- follow upContinue investigating something
- reconnectEstablish contact again
- catch upReach someone ahead
- pingBrief metallic tone
reach out · email · call · update · status update · sync · debrief · loop in · huddle · brief · status · meeting · quick chat · chat · contact · circle back · regroup · tag
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- sports superstitionslucky socks, lucky jersey, rally cap, playoff beard, lucky charm
- reconnectingreunion, reconciliation, renewal, mending, catching up
touching baseghosting
Abruptly ceasing all communication
severing ties · ignoring · stonewalling · radio silence · losing touch
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