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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
first base
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In the meantime, expect another start or two at first base for Matt Williams.
▪ No, he scooped it up on one hop and rifled it to first base.
▪ On this night, he is coaching first base for Grace Builders, an adult team managed by his grandson.
▪ Real shame our movie never got past first base.
Wiktionary
first base

n. 1 (context singulare tantum baseball English) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. 2 (context singulare tantum by extension English) Completion of the first phase of an activity. 3 (context singulare tantum US colloquial English) Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship. 4 (cx blackjack English) The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.

WordNet
first base

  1. n. the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball

  2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base [syn: first]

  3. the initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn't get to first base with that approach"

Wikipedia
First base (disambiguation)

First base can mean:

  • First baseman in baseball.
  • Slang for kissing, particularly French kissing. Often synonymous with "making out." See Baseball metaphors for sex.
  • First Base, a German eurodance group.
  • First Base, the 1973 debut album by English rock band, Babe Ruth.
First Base (album)

First Base is an album by the rock music group Babe Ruth. Produced by Alan Shacklock and Nick Mobbs, and engineered by Tony Clark at the EMI's Abbey Road Studios between June and September 1972, it was released that year.

The album went gold in Canada, sold well in the US, but had disappointing sales by comparison in the UK. The song " The Mexican" has been covered and remixed many times. Among them, it was covered in 1984 by John "Jellybean" Benitez with vocals by Janita Haan. "The Mexican" was also mixed into the third track of The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy in 1999.

The sleeve design, painting and photography were by Roger Dean.

First Base (group)

First Base was a German Eurodance group formed in 1995. It was created by producer Michael Gleim aka DJ Wondermike and featured vocalist Kristina (Tina) Safrany aka Viktoria and rapper Michael Williams aka MC Flash. They released three singles, "Love is Paradise", "Can You Keep a Secret", and "Follow Me". The group was highly successful in Canada, with their first two singles reaching number-one on the Canadian RPM Dance Chart and the latter peaking at number 6.

Usage examples of "first base".

Down the first base line, twenty-five American players in Yankee pinstripes with red, white and blue hats fidgeted, adjusted jewelry, chewed pistachios, and scratched crotch the way ballplayers always did.

Jaksan raised no objection and they lifted their supplies via the sled to a point about a mile up and farther ahead of their first base.

Colonel Willmeth had wondered at the sigh of relief Colonel Flaherty had given when he took command, but he'd been too excited at his first base command to care.

I'd heard something about Gadriel before our interesting trip to First Base, but I didn't actually connect quantum mechanics with what we do.

If they were anything like the ones here at First Base, no wonder she had been all keyed up.