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Phrase(s): infect someone with something
1. to transmit diseasecausing organisms to someone. (Someone includes oneself.) • Please don’t infect me with your cold germs. • Somehow, she infected herself with the virus she was studying. 2. to affect someone with something, such as excitement, joy, desires, etc. • Her explosive laughter infected everyone with good spirits.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs