make contact with

phrase

: to touch (something)
The train's wheels should make contact with the track continuously.

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And then there were moments where Lily asked me to, with the rubber ax, make contact with her body. — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023 As LeBron James drove toward the basket with a second left in regulation, Jayson Tatum appeared to make contact with James’s arm, but no foul was called. — Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023 And the supernatural is just a way to deal with it, and estrange myself from it in a way that allows me as the writer to make contact with some of these ideas. — Christian Holub, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022 In terms of the city’s community policing effort, the mayor said a couple of times a week officers make contact with residents or business owners for face-to-face interaction. — John Benson, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for make contact with

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“Make contact with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20contact%20with. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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