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first base
noun
- Baseball.
- the first in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- the position of the player covering the area of the infield near first base.
first base
noun
- baseball
- the base that a runner must reach safely to score a hit, and the first of the three bases he must reach safely on the way to home plate in order to score a run
- the fielding position nearest this base
- get to first base informal.to accomplish the first step of an undertaking
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of first base1
Idioms and Phrases
- get to first base, Informal.
- to succeed in the initial phase of a plan or undertaking:
His suggestions for labor-saving techniques never got to first base.
- to engage in petting that goes no further than kissing.
Example Sentences
Before first pitch Monday night, former Dodgers first base coach and first-year Miami Marlins manager Clayton McCullough received a warm welcome back to Dodger Stadium.
Third baseman Max Muncy sailed a ball wide to first base after collecting a ground ball near the foul line, enabling Davis to advance to second.
Addressing collisions at first base might be next.
Dodgers first base coach Chris Woodward returns to Globe Life Field this weekend for the first time since being fired as manager of the Rangers 鈥 a year before they won the World Series.
Cardenas got a double play to end the fifth and induced three left-handed-hitting Lancers to ground out to first base in the sixth.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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