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Meanings of touch on in English

Portuguese
reparar
Catalan
atendre
Spanish
atender
Wikidata

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.

    reparar
    Portuguese
    concernir
    Catalan
    impactar
    Spanish
    tratarse

    Be relevant to.

        concernir
        Usage of touch on in English
        1
        Creating videogames that touch on serious subjects is nothing new to Bernard.
        Wired
        2
        I'm sure they will touch on all of those issues, he said.
        News.com.au
        3
        She did not touch on interest rates or the current economic outlook.
        Reuters
        4
        She listened apprehensively for his touch on the handle of the door.
        Tales of Men and Ghosts
        5
        A fear of the future again laid its cold touch on Lansing.
        The Glimpses of the Moon
        6
        Her light touch on his arm was the very shackle of fate.
        Up the Hill and Over
        7
        As the bolt slipped back he felt a touch on his arm.
        The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1
        8
        A meek touch on the leg awoke me at four next morning.
        Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and i...
        9
        The next morning Ferriss was awakened by a touch on his shoulder.
        A Man's Woman
        10
        There are brief letters since the above that touch on private business.
        Washington in Domestic Life. From Original Letters and Manuscrip...
        11
        He felt a soft, cool touch on the back of his neck.
        A Voyage to Arcturus
        12
        Brother woke Tobin sometime later with a cold touch on his chest.
        The Bone Doll's Twin
        13
        At the touch on his arm he blinked, then followed his friend.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        14
        I wanted to touch on that as well, but there's something else.
        Public secrets
        15
        I suddenly felt a delicate, feathery touch on my arm, and started.
        The fracture zone: my return to the balkans
        16
        A touch on his arm interrupted-itseems there was something to interrupt.
        The House of Toys
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        Translations for touch on
        Touch on through the time
        Touch on across language varieties
        South Africa
        Common
        New Zealand
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common
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