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touch on

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touch on something
1. to speak briefly about something. During the interview, we only touched on how much I would be paid.
2. to be connected to. Although his book is about an event of many years ago, it touches on similar events of today.
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You know if we've got anything about us that hurts we shrink from anyone's touch on or near it.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
He longed to question her, to hear more about the life of which her careless words had given him so illuminating a glimpse; but he feared to touch on distressing memories, and before he could think of anything to say she had strayed back to her original subject.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
Laying an affectionate and laughing touch on the boy's extended hand, as if it were at once his giddy head and his light heart, Mr.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
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