come in/into contact with
idiom
1
: to touch (something)
Do not let your skin come in/into contact with the acid.
2
: to see and begin communicating with (someone)
It was during that time that native people first came in/into contact with the settlers.
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Additional victims may have come into contact with Barajas in the early 2000s at a day care run by one of his family members on Lowell Way in Goleta, deputies said.
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The move is a significant shift in the military’s role at the border, with troops over the last several administrations only supporting law enforcement agencies and not meant to come into contact with individuals crossing the border.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
Your body makes vitamin D when cells in your skin come into contact with ultraviolet rays from the sun.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025
The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they are bitten or come into contact with urine, droppings and saliva of an infected rodent.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The move is a significant shift in the military’s role at the border, with troops over the last several administrations only supporting law enforcement agencies and not meant to come into contact with individuals crossing the border.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
Your body makes vitamin D when cells in your skin come into contact with ultraviolet rays from the sun.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 20 Mar. 2025
The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they are bitten or come into contact with urine, droppings and saliva of an infected rodent.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for come in/into contact with
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“Come in/into contact with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20in%2Finto%20contact%20with. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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