<Dd> <P> "The News, you recall, took the collar as the' failing newspaper' when the two sought Justice Department approval in 2000 to merge their business operations". </P> </Dd> <P> "The News, you recall, took the collar as the' failing newspaper' when the two sought Justice Department approval in 2000 to merge their business operations". </P> <Dl> <Dd> As in "we will touch base at the meeting". To make contact with someone, to inform someone of one's plans or activities, perhaps in anticipation of an event . In baseball, a player who is touching a base is not in danger of being put out . Another explanation is that a player must briefly touch each of the bases in order after hitting a home run . It may also refer to the fact that after a fly ball has been caught for an out, a runner on base who has taken a lead or is standing off his base towards the next base, must go back to touch or tag that base ("tag up") before he can advance to the next one . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> As in "we will touch base at the meeting". To make contact with someone, to inform someone of one's plans or activities, perhaps in anticipation of an event . In baseball, a player who is touching a base is not in danger of being put out . Another explanation is that a player must briefly touch each of the bases in order after hitting a home run . It may also refer to the fact that after a fly ball has been caught for an out, a runner on base who has taken a lead or is standing off his base towards the next base, must go back to touch or tag that base ("tag up") before he can advance to the next one . </Dd>

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