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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Thoroughly clean surfaces that may have come in contact with raw seafood and its drippings. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 Federal authorities remind the public to monitor food recall alerts and properly clean surfaces that have come into contact with the recalled product to prevent cross-contamination. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 Other ways to come in contact with lead include through drinking water, absorption through the skin and inhaling lead particles. Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 July 2025 As tensions rise and the Ash People, led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), come into contact with the humans and their Recom soldiers — still led by Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) — things are about to get much more complicated. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 July 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 8 Sep. 2025.

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