Engage
Touch
Touch verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: your speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He's also more than happy to engage in fanservice with women, either teasing the audience at lives by getting close enough to let them touch him or by engaging in risque behaviour in videos.
Source: Music / Buck Tick - Another gameplay anachronism: The referee instructs the players forming a scrum to "crouch, touch, pause, engage".
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They deploy into the combat zone directly from the ship or from a moving transport in the upper atmosphere, fully expecting to engage the enemy as soon as their boots touch the ground.
Source: Standard Sci-Fi Army
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