| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | get to first base | сделать первые шаги (в каком-либо деле) |
| amer. | get to first base | добиться первоначального успеха (в чём-либо) |
| amer. | get to first base | добиться первого успеха (в чём-либо) |
| amer., inf. | get to first base | сделать первый успешный шаг к достижению какой-либо цели |
| amer. | get to first base | сделать первые шаги (to accomplish the first step of an undertaking; to make the first step in a course or process that one hopes will lead further –usually used in negative statements || comment by Liv Bliss: Context is all: this term is also used to mark progress in sexual relations, in which "first base" means "(deep) mouth-to-mouth kissing" (it's rather juvenile, so I would only expect to hear it used ironically, or in earnest by younger teenagers) • Her proposal to change the tax laws never got to first base. marina_aid) |
| slang | get to first base | добиться первого успеха в желании обратить на себя сексуальное внимание представителя противоположного пола |
| amer. | get to first base | добиться первого успеха (to make the first step in a course or process that one hopes will lead further –usually used in negative statements || comment by Liv Bliss: Context is all: this term is also used to mark progress in sexual relations, in which "first base" means "(deep) mouth-to-mouth kissing" (it's rather juvenile, so I would only expect to hear it used ironically, or in earnest by younger teenagers) • Her proposal to change the tax laws never got to first base. marina_aid) |
| vulg. | get to first base | достичь определённого успеха с представителем противоположного пола (термин из бейсбола; обыч. употребляется в негативном контексте) |
| gen. | his plan never got to first base | его план так и остался неосуществлённым |
| gen. | I never got to first base with her | я не пользовался у неё ни малейшим успехом |
| quot.aph. | it never got to first base | а воз и ныне там (VLZ_58) |