(1). See ping.
Also, a musing: “This one makes no sense. In baseball, two runners can’t occupy the same base. And the infielder is on the other team. So who are we touching base with?”
Props to Mike R. for the submission.
Touch Base
RANDOM LINGO
Bake Into
(1). To include (but not necessarily disclose) certain information (usually fees) in a presentation or report.
“So, love the proposal, Ron. Let me ask you a question … I’m not seeing your commission on this anywhere … am I missing something or is that already baked into these numbers?
Break-Glass Solution
(1). An emergency, last resort move that no one wants to do, but everyone would do if the alternative is fulfilling French fry orders.
“Yeah, so, it looks like the roll out of the new system didn’t work and none of our fixes … umm … fixed it. I suppose we could turn it off and then back on again. It’s kind of a break-glass solution, but it might work.”