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touch

1. n. a likely target for begging; someone who is asked for a loan. (see also soft touch.) He was just the kind of touch we were looking for, not too bright and not too poor.

2. n. a request for money (from a beggar); a request for a loan. I ignored the touch and walked on by.

3. tv. to ask someone for a loan. He touched me for a hundred bucks.

4. n. a small portion of something to eat or drink. (Folksy.) I’ll have just a touch. I’m on a diet, you know.

5. tv. to deal with or handle someone or something. (Usually in the negative.) Mr. Wilson is a real pain, and I wouldn’t touch his account. Find somebody else to handle it.

touch

base/bases Informal

To renew a line of communication: "He went out of his way to touch base with a broad cross section of ... residents" (George B. Merry).

See:

• a magic touch
• be an easy touch
• be in touch
• be out of touch
• be out of touch with
• be out of touch with (someone or something)
• be touch-and-go
• be touching cloth
• be touching cotton
• common touch, the
• cover all the bases
• finishing touch
• get in touch (with someone)
• golden touch
• have (the) golden touch
• have a touch of the tar brush
• have the Midas touch
• hit a nerve
• hit bottom
• I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
• I wouldn't touch with a barge pole
• in touch
• in touch with
• in touch, be
• keep in touch
• kick (something) into touch
• knock on wood
• lose contact with
• lose one's touch
• lose touch
• lose touch with reality
• magic touch
• not to touch a drop
• not touch (someone or something) with a barge pole
• not touch with a ten-foot pole
• out of touch
• put in touch with
• put the arm on
• put the bite on
• put the touch on (someone)
• remain in touch
• soft touch
• stay in touch
• strike a chord
• the common touch
• the Midas touch
• touch
• touch (oneself)
• touch a nerve
• touch a sore point
• touch a sore spot
• touch and go
• touch at some place
• touch base
• touch base with
• touch base with someone
• touch bottom
• touch down
• touch for
• touch of
• touch of the tar brush
• touch off
• touch on
• touch to
• touch up
• touch with
• touch wood
• touch-and-go
• wouldn’t touch someone/something with a ten-foot pole
• wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
• wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole