come in/into contact with
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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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Successful treatment involves knowing where the roaches are active and will come in contact with the boric acid.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Although rodents are not commonly a direct source of transmission to humans, concerns arise primarily from potential contamination in a store environment, where mice may come into contact with other carriers of the parasite.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In the real world, ants usually come into contact with this fungus when spores – pollen-size reproductive particles that the fungus makes – fall onto the ant from a tree or plant overhead.
—Matt Kasson, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
This allows electric utility companies to direct their tree-pruning efforts to areas where the likelihood that trees will come in contact with power lines is higher.
—Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Although rodents are not commonly a direct source of transmission to humans, concerns arise primarily from potential contamination in a store environment, where mice may come into contact with other carriers of the parasite.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
In the real world, ants usually come into contact with this fungus when spores – pollen-size reproductive particles that the fungus makes – fall onto the ant from a tree or plant overhead.
—Matt Kasson, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
This allows electric utility companies to direct their tree-pruning efforts to areas where the likelihood that trees will come in contact with power lines is higher.
—Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
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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 14 Nov. 2024.
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