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get to first base
Reach the initial stage of sexual intimacy, such as kissing. For example, Mary is so shy that I can't even get to first base with her . [1920s]
Succeed in the initial phase of something; meet with preliminary approval. For example, They were delighted that they'd gotten to first base in the negotiations . This term alludes to the first base of baseball, which is the first step toward scoring a run for the batter's team. [c. 1900]
Idioms and Phrases
Also, reach first base .Example Sentences
āSteve Garvey didnāt get to first base,ā former state Atty.
In the New York Metsā game against the Marlins in Miami on Thursday, Jeff McNeil was waiting for his teammate, Pete Alonso, to get to first base after a walk.
The main hook was that batters would have to use the donkey to get to first base.
Urshela, in his next at-bat, grounded out to third base, but the replay showed he appeared to get to first base before the third basemanās throw.
āWhen youāre in the batterās box and you get to first base, you want the attention to still stay on you,ā Roberts said Wills told him.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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