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first base

noun

Definitions

  1. The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.

    • The runner took his lead off first base.

  2. Completion of the first phase of an activity.

  3. Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship.

    • I got to first base with Danny, and hope to get him naked this weekend.
    • Every time I got to the part about her out with Stradlater in that damn Ed Banky's car, it almost drove me crazy. I knew she wouldn’t let him get to first base with her, but it drove me crazy anyway.
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    1. The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive…

      The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act.

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