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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a contact high" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the feeling of euphoria or intoxication that someone experiences from being near others who are using drugs, particularly marijuana, without having consumed the substance themselves.
Example: "Even though I didn't smoke any weed, I felt a contact high just from being at the party with everyone else."
Alternatives: "indirect high" or "vicarious high".
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It's a contact high.
Both give you a contact high.
You really get a contact high from his photographs.
It's a contact high of perfume and pungency.
Like an Alice who had absorbed — via a contact high?
The language is blue, and you could get a contact high from the alcohol fumes.
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Hodgkins reached out to a contact higher up in the athletic department who expressed surprise a loyal donor would be refused tickets.
A few studies indicated that close contacts have a higher risk of developing active tuberculosis.
Instead of being thankful for a potential contact high, the cop promptly arrested him for possession of a controlled substance.
For a personal contact high, these days you want Twitter.
("Afternoon delight / Cocktails and moonlit nights / That dreamy look in your eye / Give me a tropical contact high").
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