Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context baseball English) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand. 2 (context idiomatic colloquial US Canada usually with "with" English) ''(derived from the baseball term)'' To consult, visit, or communicate. vb. 1 (context baseball English) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand. 2 (context idiomatic colloquial US Canada usually with "with" English) ''(derived from the baseball term)'' To consult, visit, or communicate.
WordNet
v. establish communication with someone; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" [syn: get in touch, connect]
Usage examples of "touch base".
We'll touch base again on matters of a much more routine nature, I'm sure.
The group took an hour-long break at eleven to allow both sides to touch base with their advisors back home, then gathered again for a working lunch.
But they had made it a point to get together whenever possible at the Special Operations Association reunions, and failing that, an occasional letter or telephone call just to touch base.
Arthur nodded reflectively and looked out the window, wondering when he would find time to call Francine, talk to Marty, touch base with the real world.
We can make the round-trip in thirty-six hours, even allowing for time at the Admiralty, and I want to touch base with Sir Thomas one last time before we actually kick off.
All I said was that you needed to touch base with the XO before you talked to the detachment commander.