touch base with

touch base (with someone)

To contact someone to update them or receive an update from them. I was just calling to touch base since it's been a few weeks since we last spoke. Will you please touch base with the marketing team and find out how they're progressing?
See also: base, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

touch base with

Make contact or renew communications with, as in I'll try to touch base with you when I'm in Ohio, or The candidate touched base with every ethnic group in the city. This idiom comes from baseball, where a runner must touch each base without being tagged before a run can be scored.
See also: base, touch
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • touch base
  • touch base (with someone)
  • touch base with someone
  • update
  • update (one) about (someone or something)
  • update (one) on (someone or something)
  • update about
  • at this stage
  • at this stage (of the game)
  • catch up
References in periodicals archive
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Summary: The exhibition has become a popular event for Indian investors to touch base with Dubai real estate
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Rather, you need to touch base with them and meet with them personally so that you can better discuss their concerns,' he said in an interview.
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A judicious businessperson will consistently find out approaches and techniques to touch base with a maximum number of customers without spending money prodigally.
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I know these subjects may not sell magazines from the stands, but the content may touch base with some loyal readers, and may even catch the eye of a few new ones.--Treve, London, Ontario
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One solicitor told the Irish Daily Mirror he had a number of clients touch base with him over the letters.
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The university's director of sport Zena Wooldridge said: "It's exciting to be able to offer the opportunity for young people to touch base with the Jamaican team.''
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and Pakistani officials, he said, was an important opportunity to touch base with Pakistan to ensure that this civilian assistance continues and to look at our priorities and make sure that they match Pakistans.
US renews commitment to economic support for Pakistan
Mai had recently developed the page in order to interact and touch base with her fans around the world.
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If you want one, touch base with him at: sales@45auto.com (no phone calls).
1911 cane
It is really a courtesy call to touch base with the team there and check that our system is running well and meeting guests' needs.
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We were at our respective desks by then and it seemed the ideal time to touch base with him.
Congratulations to Tony
Every so often, it's good to touch base with our readers to find out what's on your minds, to learn how can we help you, and to get details about what you want to see in the pages of Information Today.
Now's your chance
The official reason for Umaga being in Britain visiting his brother in Coventry and decided to touch base with his ex-Wellington team-mates Jason Spice and Filo Tiatia who are both playing at the Ospreys.
Umaga in Wales