come in/into contact with
Definition of come in/into contact with
1 : to touch (something) Do not let your skin come in/into contact with the acid.
2 : to see and begin began communicating with (someone) It was during that time that native people first came in/into contact with the settlers.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: to move toward something : approach
: to move or journey to a vicinity with a specified purpose
: to reach a particular station in a series
: union or junction of surfaces
: the apparent touching or mutual tangency of the limbs of two celestial bodies or of the disk of one body with the shadow of another during an eclipse, transit, or occultation
: the junction of two electrical conductors through which a current passes
: to make contact
: to bring into contact
: to enter or be in contact with : join
: maintaining, involving, or activated or caused by contact
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