🗓️ Idiom: To Touch Base (v)
💬 Meaning
- To briefly make contact or communicate with someone, usually to update or check in.
- To reconnect with someone to ensure alignment or share information.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Let’s touch base tomorrow about the client presentation.
- I just wanted to touch base and see if you got my email.
- Before finalizing the plan, we should touch base with the finance team.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
I’ll __________ with you later this week to go over the next steps.
Answer
touch base
2. Choose the correct meaning of “to touch base”:
A) To avoid contact with someone
B) To briefly check in or communicate
C) To start a formal negotiation
Answer
B) To briefly check in or communicate
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“Let’s have a quick check-in tomorrow to review the update.” → Change the sentence using: touch base
Answer
Let’s touch base tomorrow to review the update.
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