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on contact

on contact prepositional phrase: immediately after being impacted or touched by something.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Immediately after being impacted or touched by something.
    • White phosphorus ignites on contact with the air.

Questions about on contact

What does on contact mean?
On contact means immediately after being impacted or touched by something.
What part of speech is on contact?
On contact is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on contact in the dictionary

  1. on cloud nine
  2. on cloud seven
  3. on command
  4. on condition
  5. on condition that
  6. on contact
  7. on course
  8. on credit
  9. on cue
  10. on dead dogs
  11. on death's doorstep

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