touch base
to talk to someone for a short time to find out how they are or what they think about something:
I just wanted to quickly touch base with you: did you get an email from my secretary about the meeting?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- confab
- conversation-stopper
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- vox pop
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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