into
movement to the inside of
Shows that someone or something moves from outside to inside a place or thing.
move [something/someone] into [something]
- She walked into the room without knocking.
- He threw the ball into the basket.
- The cat jumped into the box.
- They drove into the city during rush hour.
- I poured milk into the glass.
- I go into the house.
- He runs into the park.
- She puts her phone into her bag.
- The ball goes into the box.
- We walk into the shop.
change to a new state
Shows that something changes and becomes something else.
change [something] into [something else]
- The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
- Her hobby developed into a successful business.
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- The water froze into ice overnight.
- He changed his idea into a working plan.
- The boy grows into a man.
- She changes water into ice.
- The story turns into a movie.
- I change my room into an office.
- We make old clothes into bags.
interested or involved in
Shows that someone likes or is very interested in something.
be into [something]
- She's really into jazz music these days.
- I'm not into horror movies.
- He's totally into photography lately.
- Are you into hiking?
- They're both into science fiction novels.
- I am into music.
- She is into sports.
- He is not into pizza.
- We are into reading books.
- They are into dancing.
collision against something
Shows that someone or something hits or crashes against something else.
crash/run/bump [something] into [something]
- He crashed his car into a tree.
- She bumped into an old friend at the market.
- The boat ran into the dock during the storm.
- I walked straight into the glass door.
- The bike slammed into the fence.
- I walk into a wall.
- He runs into a tree.
- She bumps into her friend.
- The car hits into a pole.
- We crash into the door.
be into something
1interested in something strongly
To like and be very interested in something.
- She’s really into yoga lately.
- I’m not really into spicy food.
turn into
1transform or become different thing/state
To change and become someone or something else.
- The town turned into a busy city over time.
- The prince turned into a frog in the story.
break into
1Enter illegally or start suddenly
To go into a place by force without permission, or suddenly start doing something like singing or laughing.
- Someone broke into their house last night.
- Someone tried to break into our house last night.
- Thieves broke into the store and stole jewelry.
- He broke into laughter during the speech.
look into
1investigate carefully
To try to find out more information about something.
- The police will look into the matter further.
- The police are looking into the case.
- I’ll look into different options for our trip.
- We will look into the problem and fix it soon.
run into trouble
1Have problems unexpectedly during something
To have problems that you did not expect while doing something.
- We ran into trouble when our car broke down on the way home.
- We ran into trouble when our car broke down.
- We ran into trouble when the car broke down.
- We ran into trouble when our car broke down on the trip.
- We ran into trouble when our car broke down halfway there.
- We ran into trouble when our car broke down on vacation.
- The project ran into trouble when we lost funding.
- The project ran into trouble due to lack of funding.
- The project ran into trouble due to budget cuts.
- She ran into trouble with her project at work.
- He ran into trouble with his taxes.
- The project ran into trouble after losing funding.
- He ran into trouble with his taxes last year.
- She ran into trouble with her taxes this year.
- He ran into trouble at work after missing several deadlines.
- The project ran into trouble because of budget cuts.
- He ran into trouble with the law last year.