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reach first base

See: GET TO FIRST BASE.

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get to first base

[get to first base] or [reach first base] {v. phr.} To make a good start; really begin; succeed, * /Joe had a long paper to write for history class, but […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

base

[base] See: [FIRST BASE], [GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE], [LOAD THE BASES] or [FILL THE BASES], [OFF BASE], [SECOND BASE], [STOLEN BASE], [THIRD BASE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

first

[first] See: [AT FIRST BLUSH], [AT FIRST SIGHT], [CAST THE FIRST STONE], [GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE], [IN THE FIRST PLACE], [OF THE FIRST WATER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

first base

[first base] {n. phr.} 1. The base that must be touched first by a baseball player after batting. * /He got to first base on four balls./ 2. See: [GET […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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