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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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.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 July 2025
About 90% of unvaccinated people who come in contact with measles will get sick with the disease, the California Department of Public Health said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
Pets, especially free-roaming ones, may come into contact with dead rodents that have died of plague.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
With this airborne disease, 90% of the people who come in contact with it who do not have the immune protection of antibodies from a vaccine will contract the disease.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 July 2025
About 90% of unvaccinated people who come in contact with measles will get sick with the disease, the California Department of Public Health said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
Pets, especially free-roaming ones, may come into contact with dead rodents that have died of plague.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
With this airborne disease, 90% of the people who come in contact with it who do not have the immune protection of antibodies from a vaccine will contract the disease.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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