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Definition of first base noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

first base

 noun
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  • (in baseball) the first of the bases that players must touch He didn't make it past first base.
    • Idioms
    not get to first base (with something/somebody) (informal)
     
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    to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage
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