Meaning & use
touch base
To make brief contact with someone in order to share updates or check on progress.
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Let's touch base next week to see how the project is coming along.
She touched base with her manager before making any final decisions on the budget.
A note on using this word
Touch base is an informal business idiom, borrowed from baseball, usually used with 'with' before naming the person.
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