单词 | to get to first base |
释义 | > as lemmasto get to first base to get to first base and variants: (a) to make a successful start; to achieve the first step towards one's objective; (b) slang to reach an initial stage of sexual activity, spec. to engage in kissing (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (intransitive)] > smooch mug1890 to get to first base1892 smooch1932 to suck face1979 pash1990 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > achieve first step to success to get to first base1892 1892 Med. & Surg. Reporter 24 Dec. 1008/1 It is not the ‘Conservative’ who never makes a ‘safe hit’. He strikes when he gets ready and is sure to make ‘first base’. a1897To get to first base [see sense 2]. 1902 W. Carleton Songs of Two Cent. 16 Uncle Tom would make first base 'fore the others could begin it [sc. Christmas dinner]. 1936 R. E. Sherwood Idiot's Delight iii. 148 Did you get anywheres near to first base, Harry? 1938 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. May (1964) 31 I thought I'd read Italian to read Dante and didn't get to first base. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile x. 177 She gives you the feeling that you'll never get to first base with her. 2003 I. Edwards-Jones Wendy House ix. 244 She picked him up at a shoot and they'd reached first base before cocktails. < as lemmas |
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