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touch on (third-person singular simple present touches on, present participle touching on, simple past and past participle touched on)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
We touched on the subject of wages, but we didn't reach a conclusion.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To come or go to for a short time.
1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC:I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts.
Translations
come or go for a short time
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