to touch upon
1touch upon — index allude, comment, mention, pertain Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2touch upon — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms touch upon : present tense I/you/we/they touch upon he/she/it touches upon present participle touching upon past tense touched upon past participle touched upon same as touch on I have already touched upon… …
3touch upon — Synonyms and related words: address to, affect, allude to, answer to, appertain to, apply to, bear on, bear upon, belong to, blink, bring to attention, bring to notice, brush, brush by, call attention to, carefully ignore, cite, cold shoulder,… …
4To touch upon — Touch Touch, v. i. 1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] [1913 Webster] Strong waters… …
5touch upon — ► touch on (or upon) 1) deal briefly with (a subject). 2) come near to being. Main Entry: ↑touch …
6touch upon something — ˈtouch on/upon sth derived to mention or deal with a subject in only a few words, without going into detail • In his speech he was only able to touch on a few aspects of the problem. • The central issue of the debate was hardly touched on in his… …
7touch\ upon — • touch (up)on v To speak of or write of briefly. The speaker touched on several other subjects in the course of his talk but mostly kept himself to the main topic. Contrast: dwell on …
8touch upon sth — UK US touch on/upon sth Phrasal Verb with touch({{}}/tʌtʃ/ verb [I or T] ► to mention a subject quickly when speaking or writing about another subject: »Before concluding, I would like to touch on the excellent work done by our interns …
9touch upon — See touch on …
10touch upon — See touch on …
