come in(to) contact (with someone or something)
- come in(to) contact (with someone or something)
come in(to) contact (with someone or something)
1. Lit. to touch someone or something, probably unknowingly. •
How many people have come into contact with the sick man?
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He came in contact with almost no one.
2. Fig. to meet up with and learn about someone or something. •
Have you ever come into contact with trigonometry before?
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I have never come in contact with anything so difficult.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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