on base

idiom

baseball

: occupying one of the bases (first, second, or third) during a game

There's a runner on base.

Examples of on base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Johnston, 27, hit .276 (.339 on base) with 11 homers and 63 RBI in 125 games at Jacksonville last season but has never received a big-league promotion and is in camp as a non-roster invitee. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025

Callum, a new actor to The Box with intensity to match or best her own, arrives on base and ignites some of her other passions. —Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025

The promotional code provides a 100 percent discount on base fares from Monday through Thursday, and a 50 percent discount on fares on Saturdays. —Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2025

Fire chief shot and killed after stopping to help driver who hit deer with their car The impact site is known to be on base within the fence line of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, officials confirmed. —Jon Haworth, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for on base

• abase
• airspace
• apace
• backspace
• biface
• birthplace
• blackface
• boldface
• bookcase
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• briefcase
• carcase