establish contact

Frequency: 6.816.0 per million words

To successfully start communication, often in a formal or difficult situation.

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  • We first established contact with the organization in 2002.
  • The diplomat's main goal was to establish contact with the new government.
  • Rescue teams are working tirelessly to establish contact with the trapped miners.
  • After many failed attempts, NASA finally established contact with the Mars rover.
  • It was difficult to establish contact with anyone in authority after the storm.
  • The spy's mission was to secretly establish contact with an informant inside the embassy.
  • Once radio contact was established, they could coordinate the rescue effort.
  • Our sales team will try to establish contact with potential clients next week.
  • Anthropologists hope to establish contact with the uncontacted tribe without causing harm.
  • He has been unable to establish contact with his family since the conflict began.