touch all the bases

phrase

variants or less commonly touch every base

1

: to mention every subject that needs to be considered

a speech that touches all the bases

2

: to do or include everything that needs to be done or included : to fulfill all requirements or necessities

need to touch all the bases when applying for a mortgage

The owner of the Utah Stars is in Salt Lake City, working 24 hours a day in an effort to touch every base to keep his club in Utah's capital city.

—Dan Pattison

Examples of touch all the bases in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just put your head down, touch all the bases, and get back to the dugout. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for touch all the bases

• polymerases
• aces
• braces
• cases
• chases
• faces
• graces
• laces
• paces
• places
• races
• spaces