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Definition of first base noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

first base

noun

[singular]

(in baseball) the first of the bases that players must touch He didn't make it past first base.

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not get to first base (with something/somebody) (informal)

to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage

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