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单词 into
释义
intoin‧to /ˈɪntə; before vowels ˈɪntʊ; strong ˈɪntuː/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition Entry menu
MENU FOR intointo1 to the inside of something2 becoming involved3 changing4 hitting something5 direction6 time7 finding out8 dividing numbers9 be into something10 be into somebody
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINinto
Origin:
Old English
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Don't get into any trouble.
  • Edwards is charged with trying to smuggle 20 kg of cannabis into the country.
  • Ellen is going into fifth grade next year.
  • Jane went into the living-room and sat down on the sofa.
  • Jeff went into the living room.
  • Maggie bumped into the dessert cart and knocked it over.
  • Pour half a pint of milk into a small pan and warm it gently.
  • Rachel jumped into her car and sped off in the direction of the hospital.
  • Roll the cookie dough into balls.
  • Six goes into thirty five times.
  • The child had fallen into the water.
  • The other car just backed into me.
  • They decided to go into business together.
  • We talked into the night.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorfrom the outside towards the inside
from the outside towards the inside: · Jane went into the living-room and sat down on the sofa.· Pour half a pint of milk into a small pan and warm it gently.· Rachel jumped into her car and sped off in the direction of the hospital.· Edwards is charged with trying to smuggle 20 kg of cannabis into the country.
into a room, building, container, car etc: · Come in! The door's not locked.· A big car pulled up and the driver told me to get in.· Maureen stood at the door, looking in.· Do you want me to put it in a bag for you?· She went in the bathroom and turned on the tap.
into a building, room, container etc until completely in it and enclosed by it: · Tom ran back inside and called the police.· I put my hand inside my bag, searching for my passport.
towards the inside of a building, room, community etc: · The main door opens inwards.· All the windows faced inward across the courtyard.
to like something
to think that something is nice, attractive, enjoyable etc: · I like your dress - it's a beautiful colour.· Do you like spaghetti?like something about something: · What did you like about the movie?like doing something/like to do something: · I think Roy likes living alone.· I like to see the children enjoying themselves.
spoken to like doing a particular activity or be interested in a particular subject: · I know she's really into sports, so I thought I'd ask her to come skiing with us.· A lot of his relatives are into very weird New Age stuff.
especially British to like something, especially something that you have liked for a long time: · Connie had always been fond of animals.· He had always been fond of drinking at lunchtime, perhaps too fond.
especially British to like or be very interested in an activity or idea: · I know he's keen on opera. Let's take him to see "La Traviata'.· I'm quite keen on the idea of having a fancy dress party.
if something appeals to you, you like it because it involves things that interest you or ideas that you agree with: · I'm sure this delightful book will appeal to children of all ages.· Does either suggestion appeal to you?
also go over well American if something you do, or a book, film, performance etc goes down well with a group of people, they like it: · Her style of comedy is very British, but it goes down well in the States too.go down well with: · At the present time, military action would not go over well with the international community
formal if something is to your liking it has the qualities that you like, or it is made in the way that you like: · Was the meal to your liking, Madam?· The surrounding countryside was very much to our liking.
WORD SETS
abacus, nounalgebra, nounangle, nounarc, nounarea, nounarithmetic, nounarithmetic, adjectivearithmetic progression, nounaxis, nounbar chart, nounbar graph, nounbase, nounbinomial, nounbisect, verbBoolean, adjectiveC, nouncalculator, nouncalculus, nouncanonical, adjectivechord, nouncipher, nouncircumference, nouncircumscribe, verbcompass, nouncomplementary, adjectivecomputation, nouncompute, verbconcentric, adjectivecone, nouncongruent, adjectiveconical, adjectiveconstant, nouncontain, verbcoordinate, nouncoordinate, adjectivecos, cosine, nouncube, nouncubic, adjectivecurvature, nouncurve, nouncut, verbdeci-, prefixdeviation, noundiagonal, adjectivediameter, noundifferential calculus, noundigit, noundimension, noundomain, nouneccentric, adjectiveellipse, nounelliptical, adjectiveequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nounequation, nounequilateral triangle, nounexponential, adjectiveexpress, verbexpression, nounface, nounfigure, nounflow chart, nounformula, nounfraction, nounfractional, adjectivefunction, noungeometric, adjectivegeometry, noungraph, noungraphically, adverbgraph paper, noungrid, nounHCF, helix, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhistogram, nounhypotenuse, nounimperial, adjectiveimproper fraction, nouninfinity, nouninformation theory, nouninnumerate, adjectiveinto, prepositioninverse, adjectiveisosceles triangle, nounline graph, log, nounlogarithm, nounlong division, nounlozenge, nounmath, nounmathematical, adjectivemathematician, nounmathematics, nounmatrix, nounmean, adjectivemedian, nounmedian, adjectivemetric, adjectiveminus, prepositionminus, nounminus, adjectiveminus sign, nounminute, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, nounmultiply, verbN, nounnumber, nounnumerate, adjectivenumeration, nounoblong, adjectiveobtuse angle, nounoctagon, nounoval, nounparabola, nounparallel, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpentagon, nounpercentage, nounperimeter, nounperpendicular, nounpi, nounpictogram, nounpie chart, nounplane, nounplane geometry, nounplus, prepositionplus, nounplus, adjectiveplus sign, nounpolygon, nounpolyhedron, nounpower, nounprism, nounprobability, nounproof, nounproportion, nounproposition, nounprotractor, nounquadrangle, nounquadrant, nounquadratic equation, nounquadri-, prefixquadrilateral, nounradius, nounratio, nounrectangle, nounrectilinear, adjectiverecur, verbrhombus, nounright angle, nounright-angled triangle, nounroot, nounruler, nounscale, nounscalene triangle, nounscatter diagram, section, nounsegment, nounsemicircle, nounset square, nounsine, nounslide rule, nounsolid, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolve, verbsphere, nounsquare, adjectivesquare, nounsquare, verbsquare, adverbsquarely, adverbsquare root, nounsubset, nounsubtract, verbsubtraction, nounsum, nounsurface area, nounsymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountangent, nounterm, nountheorem, nounthreefold, adjectivetimes, prepositiontrapezium, nountriangle, nountrigonometry, nountwo-dimensional, adjectivevalue, nounvariable, nounvector, nounVenn diagram, nounvertex, nounvertical, adjectivevolume, nounwork, verbX, nounx-axis, nouny-axis, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=no longer be used)
· Since the act came into force, all public buildings must have disabled access.
(=suddenly start doing something)· The fire crew immediately swung into action.
(=start doing something you have planned to do)· She was looking forward to putting her plans into action.· The committee uses the expertise of local organisations to put these ideas into action.
· American soldiers are going into action against the Mujahadin.
· He declared that French soldiers will not be sent into action in Iraq.
formal (=make an official agreement, which has legal responsibilities)· In 2006 the city authorities entered into an agreement with a private firm to operate the gardens.
(=fill a tyre, balloon etc with air)· I need to put some air in the tyres.
· Spain then entered into an alliance with France.
 The nation is in danger of falling into anarchy.
(=start living in a new apartment, or leave an apartment in order to live somewhere else)· They moved into the apartment last Easter.
· Sue bit into her apple with a loud crunch.
· She had just moved into the area and knew very few people.· Many young people are moving out of rural areas.
· She didn’t want to get into another argument about money.· I left to avoid becoming involved in an argument.
· When Dan left school, he went into the army.
(=become late with payments)
· I had to get out of the bath to answer the phone.
· He was beaten into second place in the Monaco Grand Prix.
· I usually read for a bit after I get into bed.
· Lucy climbed into bed and lay awake thinking.
(=get into bed feeling very tired)· We finally crawled into bed at three in the morning.
· I jumped out of bed and ran over to the window.
 Guess who’s just blown into town?
(=make someone do something by deceiving them)
 Commercials brainwash consumers into buying things they don’t need.
 When you reach the village green, the street branches into two.
· The people of the island were suddenly brought into contact with the outside world.
(=start to produce buds)
 There are three cash machines built into the wall.
 Claire looked as if she were about to burst into tears.
 Suddenly, the group burst into laughter.
 Lydia burst into song.
(=start working in business)· A lot of university graduates want to go into business.
· I just saw Fiona getting into a cab.
· The man stopped and she got into the car.
· I saw the car leave the road and hit a tree.
 Memet should, in her opinion, be cast into prison.
· The data we collected fell into two categories.
· Rogers doesn’t fit into either category.
· People are individuals and you can’t really put them into categories.
· Let’s start by grouping the books into categories.
· The exhibition of 360 paintings is divided into three categories.
(=sit down in one in a tired or unhappy way)· Greg groaned and sank into his chair.
(=sit down suddenly because you are very tired or upset)· Eileen collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
· A serious accident has thrown the roads into chaos.
(=gradually become completely confused and disorganized)· After the invasion, the country lapsed into chaos.
· The book is divided into ten chapters.
· The album entered the UK charts at number 2.
 Chop the meat into small cubes.
· Make sure the lid clicks firmly into place.
· Mum went into a coma and died soon afterwards.
(=go into one)· Brett slipped into a coma from which he never awakened.
(=go into a coma again)· She was making progress, but then she suddenly relapsed into a coma.
 High heels are coming back into fashion.
(=is closed and sold in order to pay its debts)
 Many couples want to compress their childbearing into a short space of time in their married life.
· Local people have often come into conflict with planning officials.
· Some of her actions have brought her into conflict with her managers.
· The unexpected news threw us all into confusion.
(=meet or spend time with someone)· It’s good to come into contact with people from different cultures.
· The job brought me into contact with a lot of interesting people.
(=consider something in context)· These statistics need to be put into context.
· You will enter a two-year training contract with your chosen employer.
 His temperature was very high and he went into convulsions.
 The magazine is unable to enter into any correspondence on medical matters.
 The protesters had been cowed into submission by the police.
· Three armed FBI agents took Coleman into custody.
· Next cut the carrots into thin slices.
(=be suddenly in darkness because the lights go out)· Suddenly the electricity went off and we were plunged into darkness.
(=become less important, successful etc)· At the beginning of the century the cloth trade was going into decline.
 He lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
 his descent into drug abuse
(=give a lot of details)· He refused to go into detail about what they had said at the meeting.
(=find yourself in a difficult situation)· Three people were rescued from a boat that had got into difficulties.
 Medical bills forced her to dip into her savings.
 Parents are being asked to dip into their pockets for new school books (=use their own money to pay for them).
(=completely)· The money he made has disappeared into thin air.
 The delay threw the entire timetable into disarray.
 Coal fell into disfavour because burning it caused pollution.
(=become involved)· We don’t want to get into a dispute with them.
 buildings allowed to fall into disrepair
 He faces six charges of bringing the game into disrepute.
 This theory fell into disrepute in the fifties.
 The building eventually fell into disuse.
(=start to move downwards)· The plane was in trouble, then it went into a dive.
 The death toll is thought to have reached double figures.
(=make people unsure about something)· The accuracy of his account was called into doubt.
 She was just drifting into sleep when the alarm went off.
 ‘Don’t talk to strangers’ is a message drummed into children.
· He whispered something into his wife’s ear.
(=become very happy and excited)
 Christine edged her way round the back of the house.
(=try hard to do something)· Let’s try again, only put more effort into it this time.
(=move through a group of people by pushing past them) He elbowed his way to the bar and ordered a beer.
· Try to put more energy into your game.
(also devote your energy to something) (=use most of your energy doing something)· She should channel more of her energy into her studies.
 The government refused to enter into discussions with the opposition.
(=something begins to have an effect)· Consumer confidence also enters the equation.
(=introduce a new idea for people to consider)· It all becomes more complicated once you bring money into the equation.
· Napoleon's wife and sons also went into exile.
· The old leaders were removed from power and sent into exile.
· Many of his political opponents have been forced into exile.
· Hundreds of people fled into exile or were jailed.
(=start to exist)· Pakistan came into existence as an independent country in 1947.
(=suddenly start to exist)· After the invasion, a French resistance movement sprang into existence.
formal (=make something start to exist)· The state must follow the terms of the treaty that brought it into existence.
 The match went into extra time.
(=to consider factors when making a decision)· You should take all these factors into account.
 I fell into conversation with some guys from New York.
 He had fallen into the habit of having a coffee every time he passed the coffee machine.
 We must not let these documents fall into the wrong hands.
(=become fashionable again)· Short skirts are coming back into fashion this year.
(=become involved in a fight)· The two men got into a fight over a girl.
 He put the car into first and roared away.
· They move into their new flat next week.
 The Church will welcome him back into the fold.
 He forged into the lead in the fourth set.
 Doreen had worked herself into a frenzy.
(=know what will happen in the future)· I wish I could see into the future.
(=get a chance to understand more about something)· You can gain an insight into horses’ feelings by the physical signs they give out.
 The horses broke into a gallop (=begin to go very fast).
 The possibility of defeat finally galvanized us into action.
 Patrick sat gazing into space (=looking straight in front, not at any particular person or thing).
· He put the car into gear, and they moved slowly forwards.
(=start laughing a lot)· Victor tickled the little boy, who dissolved into giggles.
 She’s thinking of going into business (=starting a business).
 I don’t want to go into details now.
· The old man’s face broke into a grin.
· The teacher asked the students to get into groups.
· Small children work best when they are organized into very small groups.
(=start doing something regularly or often)· Try to get into the habit of walking for 30 minutes each day.
 I fell headlong into a pool of icy water.
 Mortimer almost ran headlong into a patrol.
 He went into hiding in 1973.
(also book into a hotel British English)· He checked into the hotel a little after 2 pm.
· We’re moving into our new house next week.
 She went into hysterics when she heard about her husband.
 A manager’s job is to instil determination into his players.
(=suddenly start laughing)· Flora burst into laughter when I told her the joke.
 Her trusting nature often led her into trouble.
(=start having leaves)· The apple tree had finally come into leaf.
· The incident became legend.
 Hundreds of small businesses went into liquidation (=were closed).
 Earthquakes here are rare and this has lulled people into a false sense of security (=made people think they were safe when they were not).
 You got us into this mess, Terry. You can get us out of it.
(=be obviously middle-aged, probably at least 50)· Most of the people there were well into middle age.
(also make mischief) (=do things that cause trouble or damage)· You spend too much time getting into mischief!
 Don’t be misled into thinking that scientific research is easy.
(=stop being seen because of the mist)· He passed me on the trail and disappeared into the mist.
(=start negotiations)· They have entered into negotiations to acquire another company.
(=until very late at night)· Staff worked late into the night to make necessary repairs.
· Their honeymoon turned into a nightmare when they were involved in a car accident.
 The economy went into a nosedive.
 Everyone screamed as the plane suddenly went into a nosedive.
(=gradually become forgotten or no longer important)· Many political figures just fade into oblivion.
(=fade into oblivion)· It was once a popular game, but it has since sunk into oblivion.· The old machines eventually slid into oblivion.
(=to gradually be forgotten after being well-known)· The band faded into obscurity as the 1980s progressed.
(=fade into obscurity)· Many scientific theories are never proved and slip into obscurity.
(=join in a social occasion in an eager way)· People entered into the spirit of the occasion by enjoying a picnic before the outdoor concert.
 She never let her dislike for him come out into the open.
 All these concerns need to be brought out into the open.
(=face opposition)· A new tax would meet a lot of opposition.· The Bill ran into opposition in the House of Lords.
· There’s no need to get into a panic.
· The innocent question threw her into a panic.
(=be elected as a member of parliament)· Tony Blair first entered Parliament in 1983.
 Control of these services has now passed into the hands of the local authorities.
(=pay money regularly so that you will have a pension later)· They have been unable to pay into a pension.
(=consider something in a sensible way by comparing it with something else, or to help you do this)· Let's put this data into perspective.· I saw their suffering, and it really put my own problems into perspective.
 She cut the cake into four equal pieces. Chop the potato into bite-sized pieces.
 She tidied up the books and put them in neat piles.
 He began to sweep the pieces of glass into a pile.
 The house was suddenly plunged into darkness.
(=put your hand into your pocket to find something)· "Do you want a cigarette?" he asked, reaching into his pocket.
· We stood on the quay and watched the ships come into port.
· She pulled herself into a sitting position.
· You have a duty not to disclose confidential information that comes into your possession.
(=start having it)· How did you come into possession of this document?
 Grind the sugar into a powder.
 Very little of his poetry actually got into print (=was printed).
 The strike may prod the government into action.
· Hugh intended to enter the medical profession.
 The children were taken into protective custody.
(=say what you are feeling or thinking)· She couldn’t put her feelings into words.
 Cut the cake into quarters.
(=make people doubt it)· He brought into question all the principles on which the Soviet system was based.
(=start to be doubted)· The special protection given to these animals has come into question in recent years.
 The company went into receivership with massive debts.
(=start to experience a recession)· Most analysts don’t believe the economy will slide into recession.
(=start to experience a deep recession)· The US is about to plunge into recession.
 The cancer has gone into remission.
· He had to swerve when a child ran out into the road.
 Roll the dough into small balls.
(=develop a fixed order of doing things, or make someone do this)· Try to get your baby into a routine.
(=get into a routine without making any difficulty)· The team slipped quickly into a routine.
 The business ran into financial difficulties almost immediately.
 He was still following me, and in a panic I broke into a run.
 He got into all sorts of scrapes as a boy.
 Maybe you should join the services.
 I’ve got to get into shape before summer.
 She was shocked into action by the desperate situation in the orphanages.
(=to stop talking and be quiet)· 'I don't want any,' he said, and lapsed into silence again.
 The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over £100,000 or $100,000).
 He slammed on the brakes and we went into a long skid (=started to skid).
(=sell someone as a slave)
(=start sleeping deeply, for a long time etc)· He lay down on his bed and fell into a deep sleep.
· Cut the orange into thin slices.
 The car went into a slide.
(=they suddenly smile)· Anna’s face broke into a smile at the prospect of a guest.
 The grand opening hit a snag when no one could find the key.
 I didn’t want to fall into the same snare again.
(=start singing)· The crowd spontaneously burst into song.
(=serve it using a large spoon)· Ladle the soup into warm bowls and garnish with parsley.
· Decide what kind of table and chairs will fit best into the space.
 Tom’s jaw muscles had gone into spasm.
 Thurman was reluctant to go into specifics about the deal.
 It was an article in the local newspaper which finally spurred him into action.
 Drive two stakes into the ground about three feet apart.
(=look for a long time at nothing)· Jo's always lying on the sofa staring into space.
 Oil prices soared into the stratosphere.
 Napoleon threatened to starve the country into submission.
 Herrera was swept into office on the promise of major reforms.
 Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin.
(=start having talks)· The Ambassador stated that France was prepared to enter into talks on the issue.
· He got into a taxi outside the station.
(=become a teacher)· Some very talented and dedicated people go into teaching.
(=suddenly start crying)· She burst into tears and begged me to stay.
(=suddenly become very angry)· He flew into a temper at the slightest thing.
· His fearsome appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his enemies.
 The bomb exploded, throwing bricks and debris into the air.
 He launched into a tirade against the church.
(=put your teeth into someone’s flesh, into food etc)· The dog sank its teeth into the boy’s hand.
· The train pulled into Euston station and I got off.
 She went into a deep hypnotic trance.
 Mr Smith has walked straight into a trap laid by the Tories.
 She broke into a trot (=started running slowly) and hurried on ahead of us.
 She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way).
· Suddenly the pyramids came into view.
 Suntanning first came into vogue in the mid-1930s.
 Zeke wasn’t looking and walked straight into a tree.
 He was fairly certain now that he was walking into a trap, and wished he’d come armed.
 I walked right into a mob of maybe 50 young white guys.
 You can’t expect to walk straight into a job.
 You walked right into that one!
 I wangled my way into art school.
 She had worked herself up into a state.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be into something
  • He's into me for $25.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► argue somebody into/out of doing something
  • Ronald Reagan turned it into an art form.
  • To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.
  • Come on, John. Stop messing around and put your back into it!
  • I really put my back into it, you know?
  • And what monkeys we make of ourselves, into the bargain.
  • Bad, and now mad into the bargain.
  • Bishop Aethelric, he had heard, was accounted able even in Peterborough, and ruthless into the bargain.
  • But to love him into the bargain?
  • Hard work, ample food and a neat change of clothes into the bargain.
  • He would disgrace the family name and be destroyed into the bargain.
  • Only Jacob's actions are far worse than Ham's, and coldly calculated into the bargain.
  • This increases their own biological chances and gives them a free meal into the bargain.
  • New democracies have come into being since the end of the Cold War.
  • At the eleventh hour, Halifax has stepped into the breach.
  • Mixed, she said, because it had given the theatre the opportunity to invite P.L. O'Hara to step into the breach.
  • Pawelski would like to step into the breach.
  • So Mrs Thatcher, demonstrating hitherto unsuspected social graces, decided to step into the breach herself.
  • Who will step into the breach?
  • You are very brave to step into the breach.
  • Dhani and Ian broke into a run, taking the high altar steps three at a time.
  • He broke into a trot and the three surprised young men did likewise, aware that something must have gone wrong.
  • He broke into a trot as he headed up the path to the staff-cabins.
  • I walked briskly one block over to Cabana, the wide boulevard that parallels the beach, and broke into a trot.
  • It was all I could do to stop myself breaking into a run.
  • The animal was struggling with a loose shoe and was in no mood to break into a trot.
  • Without waiting to find out what it meant, she broke into a trot and hurried on round the next corner.
► break into a smile/a song/applause etc
  • After the marriage, though, she wants to breathe life into their dry, platonic relationship.
  • Belliustin called upon the tsar to circumvent the ecclesiastical hierarchy and breathe life into the clerical estate.
  • Now they each had a picture which they examined and re-examined, trying to breathe life into the two-dimensional image.
  • Something unexplainable takes over and breathes life into the known life.
  • The deal aims to breathe life into the stationer's e-business efforts.
  • We harness fossil energy and breathe life into machines.
► run into/hit the buffers► bulldoze somebody into (doing) something
  • Dad Mark managed to carry her to safety before the alarm burst into flames.
  • Directly ahead, a pair of stately old coconut trees burst into flame.
  • Like a sheet of crepe paper, the wooden house burst into flames and burned to the ground in minutes.
  • Several of the vehicles burst into flames, according to initial reports.
  • The airliner struck the ground some 50 metres short of the runway, turned over and burst into flames.
  • The bomb, thrown out of the Ford Cortina's passenger window, burst into flames in the road.
  • There is just one drawback to their island paradise: every so often it bursts into flame beneath them.
  • They had both burst into flames after the explosion, police said.
  • And while the injunctions are subject to unwitting acceptance, it is impossible to call them into question.
  • Nothing that has happened since has called that judgment into question.
► get your claws into somebody
  • Cavalli had no difficulty knocking the work of other composers into a cocked hat.
  • A tall figure came into view, then just as quickly vanished.
  • As we drive on, the Willapa Hills of coastal Washington come into view.
  • Soon Carol's home comes into view They're home!
  • Southampton went wild when the Friendship came into view.
  • The airfield came into view and Y positioned for the approach.
  • The bell tower came into view, a square slim block of stone separated from the church by a dozen yards.
  • The hills had now come into view, and I enjoyed the grand spectacle of Mount Blue ahead.
  • They passed the copse and the lights of a large Elizabethan house came into view.
  • In the garden of the little farm, fruit trees are coming into flower, and others are beginning to leaf.
  • The cherry tree was coming into blossom, encouraged by the unseasonably warm sunshine.
  • When planted through beds of hybrid tea or floribunda rosea they add interest before the roses come into flower.
  • And material riches do not come into it.
  • Besides, shagging had not come into it.
  • His position did not come into it.
  • Logic does not come into it at all.
  • This season Brooks has really come into his own as a goal scorer.
  • But I did learn things about people and eventually came into my own socially.
  • By the 1970s, Cheatham was starting to come into his own as a soloist.
  • Generally people start to come into their own in their second season.
  • Now the guides' training in jungle warfare came into its own.
  • Research expanded; neural net-work terminology came into its own.
  • The Safrane's hatchback format comes into its own when large objects need to be transported.
  • The thesis comes into its own with respect to industrial policy where significant discontinuities in policy can be attributed to the government changing hands.
  • Viridian and phthalocyanine green come into their own when a particularly transparent mid green is required.
  • He was commissioned to write a book on Magritte in 1967.
  • In the summer of 1774 Wolfgang was commissioned to write an opera buffa for the next carnival season in Munich.
  • Most are commissioned but proposals can be made in advance to the News and Views Editor.
  • One of the newest innovations on the Manchester site is the £3m acid tank farm, which was commissioned in June 1990.
  • The container was commissioned on a contract hire agreement with David Robertson Haulage.
  • The review was commissioned by Jack Straw, the Home Secretary.
  • These arms were commissioned at the time for a New Bond Street warehouse at a cost of 20 guineas.
► commute something for/into something
  • At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence.
  • Disclosing information Give others nuggets of information about yourself and take them into your confidence.
  • Draw the children to you; take them into your confidence.
  • He is for ever telling us what he will do and why, for ever taking us into his confidence.
  • I want to take you into my confidence.
  • Not that she had made up her mind about taking Bridget into her confidence - she would leave that decision until later.
  • One of the best ways of doing this is to take children into our confidence.
  • Use you, yes, but take you into his confidence?
  • Even when other factors were taken into consideration, shorter men had a higher risk of heart attacks.
  • A large part of my life has been spent taking you into consideration.
  • Engineers looking at flood defences and modelling catchments, sewer systems and watercourses, have to take many factors into consideration.
  • League tables that do not take that correlation into consideration distort reality and are inaccurate.
  • Many nations began pursuing measures that took this discrepancy into consideration.
  • Mortality does not, however, take lifetime risk into consideration.
  • That way you hear other people's views and can prepare argument and reason which take them into consideration.
  • They had enough information to take the archeology into consideration.
  • We therefore took this data into consideration when calculating the superhelical densities of the different plasmid preparations.
  • He was so tired his bones ached; but he crawled out of bed, put on his pants and watch.
► cry into your beer► deteriorate into something
  • The impressive breadth of coverage starts with a dip into the history of colour science.
  • Francis and Christopher dissolved in laughter, lapped theirs up and declared it very good.
  • If he mentioned moving out of her parents' house, she dissolved into tears.
  • Katherine threw herself against Gary and dissolved into tears.
  • The waiter bowed and retreated, Stephen and Lily dissolved into laughter.
  • When at last she is alone, her sorrow overwhelms her and she dissolves in tears.
► dive into your bag/pocket etc
  • Mim will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
  • I remember when I heard the rounds coming in, I dragged myself out of the hooch.
► drink yourself silly/into a stupor/to death etc
  • The council will need more money to put the regulations into effect.
  • He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect.
  • It had developed contingency plans before the incident and put them into effect when water in the mine began to overflow.
  • One of them should be chosen and be put rapidly into effect.
  • So far, 24 of the 35 nations needed to put the treaty into effect have ratified it.
  • The Hague conference is the last chance to determine how to put the accord into effect.
  • The possibility of judicial review is constantly in the mind of Ministers and officials when preparing legislation and putting it into effect.
  • To put these contentions into effect the applicant made two applications in the district court to which the cases had been transferred.
  • We need to raise at least £50,000 to put our plans into effect.
► take effect/come into effect
  • Brunell and the team will enter into contract negotiations next week.
  • David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
  • How different it might have been if Edelman had proposed that politicians enter into a Contract With Children.
  • It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates.
  • Similarly, business has to enter into agreements.
  • Traders must consider domestic and foreign exchange control regulations when entering into contracts and seeking settlement.
  • We have entered into agreements in good faith.
  • Mercer was entering into the spirit of things, Bambi also but more coolly.
► erupt into laughter/shouting etc
  • During the meeting, the two leaders made brief excursions into the issue of Asian security.
► fade into insignificance
  • Gradually the clues started falling into place, and it became clear who the murderer was.
  • Once the police received this new evidence, things began falling into place.
  • Things are finally falling into place for the team.
  • Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.
  • But just in time, it fell into place.
  • Gradually the new global masterplan is falling into place: a series of massive bilateral trade agreements are being struck.
  • I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.
  • Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.
  • That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.
  • The route had by now fallen into place.
  • Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.
  • Somehow, the plans fell into the hands of an enemy spy.
  • And for all that, I have fallen into the hands of the Robemaker, he thought angrily.
  • It must never fall into the clutches of a political party again.
  • The power to play or not fell into the hands of program director Crocker and his peers around the country.
  • Now he had fallen into a trap which the greenest copper would have avoided.
  • Instead he fell into step, and they went on from there.
  • Once again, Blue falls into step with Black, perhaps even more harmoniously than before.
  • She walked to the door, trying her hardest to ignore the man who fell into step beside her.
  • The Clinton administration, after some hesitation, fell into step behind Paris.
  • The great horse Koulash galloped forward to join the Tsar's horses, and fell into step with them.
  • The senator fell into step beside me while some of Bonefish's smaller children followed at a safe distance.
  • They fell into step on the slush-covered path.
  • All the Republicans except Elton and Carson fell into line and voted yes.
  • If you can persuade her, the others will soon fall into line.
  • If one rotates one of them a little, everything falls into line.
  • Mr Lamont will order the others to fall into line.
  • The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons, but from financial necessity.
► fall into somebody’s lap
  • The IRS tries to put the fear of God into people who don't pay enough tax.
► go up in flames/burst into flames
  • Mas flung himself into the economic and political life of America.
  • As they passed Jess, flinging themselves into the Battle, she saw Garty Jenks among them.
  • Did I fling myself into your arms?
  • He flung himself into a chair without waiting to be asked.
  • I flung myself into his chair, the big recliner.
  • I wanted to fling myself into her arms and cry and let her comfort me, but I did not.
  • Saying a prayer, she flung herself into her captors' bonfire.
  • She fought back the sudden urge to run to him, to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness.
  • Sonia and Helen flung themselves into my arms, to Joe's great astonishment.
  • After the revolution, opposition leaders were flung into jail.
  • He flew into a rage with him and brained him with his lute.
  • I flew into a rage and quit.
  • I was made to feel like a petulant child who has flown into a temper because his favorite toy was removed.
  • Maclean immediately flew into a rage.
  • Mary's natural tendency to fly into a temper probably did not increase their chances very much.
  • Mitch was going to fly into a rage.
  • The Collector had flown into a rage.
  • Whenever Stewart showed signs of rejecting that outlook, Joe would fly into a rage.
► come into focus/bring something into focus► come into force/bring something into force
  • Burglars strike: Intruders forced their way into a house which was being renovated.
  • He'd schooled himself to ruthlessness, single-mindedly forcing his way through the jungle, hacking at anything in his path.
  • He has recovered from a nightmare pelvic injury and is now forcing his way into Roker's Wembley plans.
  • Jezrael could feel stupid tears forcing their way through her control.
  • Smitty went first, forcing his way through the branches that closed in on the trail.
  • The thieves have been forcing their way into the homes of elderly people, holding them down while searching for their savings.
  • Then Huddersfield rallied, and the fiery centre-forward Islip forced his way through to beat the tiring Burnley defenders.
  • Finally she left her seat and went forward to accept the Lord, leaving her Bible on the seat.
  • Lily went forward to the wings and looked at the set.
  • Quietly she went forward to the edge of the trees.
  • Rex must have gone forward to deal with the foresail.
  • Smiling shyly, she went forward to meet them.
  • Trent gathered it and wrapped it with ties to the boom before going forward to raise the storm jib.
  • When, later in the service, she went forward to accept the Lord, what did she think she was accepting?
► out of the frying pan and into the fire► what’s got into somebody?
  • But don't drive yourself into the ground.
  • I've already explained to you how I've worked myself into the ground setting up the interview.
  • I tried working myself into the ground, but I could be totally exhausted and still remember.
  • Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal.
  • They ran themselves into the ground, ran Chesterfield off the pitch, but they couldn't get another goal.
► throw/toss your hat into the ring
  • Stockbrokers should prevent their clients from plunging headlong into trouble.
  • Up went a roar as he plunged headlong into the stew.
► heave in sight/into view
  • Because they were heavily into conformance, not spirit and enthusiasm.
  • By nature the malais were heavily into festivals, and this was a landmark in the history of their presence.
  • The B-cups are heavily into sleaze.
  • Eric was real heavy into drugs for a while.
  • And now I was heavy into Valium, a substitute for the liquor.
► throw something into high relief
  • As each question is asked each team goes into a huddle and then writes down its answer.
  • As with the highly misleading phrase Stavrogin's Confession, critics and commentators behave as if they had got into a huddle.
  • The meeting was chaotic, but at the end Mr Williams went into a huddle with a group of hauliers.
  • They had gone into a huddle, obviously discussing their captives.
► give somebody ideas/put ideas into somebody’s head
  • In the first, the discursive, the secondary process makes inroads into the primary process.
  • Meanwhile, the big construction companies are trying to grow by making inroads into turf traditionally held by medium-size builders.
  • Rodrigo and Motamid rapidly began to make inroads into the border territory separating the Caliphates of Saragossa and Lerida.
  • The focus of interest here is the extent to which the building societies are likely to make inroads into traditional banking business.
  • With Obote making inroads into its power, Buganda attempts to secede.
  • With six shoes under £37, Diadora is likely to make inroads into the budget end of the market.
  • He would always kick it back into play whereas Lukic, more often than not, would kick it into touch.
  • When a penalty is kicked directly into touch the same team will have the throw-in.
► stick/put etc the knife in/into someone
  • Maybe getting arrested will knock some sense into him.
  • But ultimately, words fail them and they lapse into silence.
  • I would talk and laugh with my companions but withdraw, lapsing into silence, when I was offered any food.
  • Soon after that she would lapse into sleep, then unconsciousness, then a state of deep coma.
  • Without my prompting, Jack often lapsed into silence.
  • Citizens should not be expected to take the law into their own hands.
► come to life/roar into life/splutter into life etc► fall into line/bring somebody into line
  • Himmelwright brings his argument into line with the visual evidence.
  • The city council took matters into its own hands and set a date for the meeting.
  • As a result, some countries have taken matters into their own hands.
  • Finally the women of Buntong Tiga can stand it no longer - they take matters into their own hands.
  • She then took matters into her own hands.
  • She was more than capable of taking matters into her own hands.
  • So why not take matters into our own hands?
  • The last thing leaders want is Tutsi who survived the genocide taking matters into their own hands.
  • When the psycho is caught, then let go on a technicality, Mom takes matters into her own hands.
  • Would they melt into each other's arms?
  • It was obvious to everybody in Rome that he had to marry money.
  • Demand for most bonds is high because investors keep putting money into corporate bond funds.
  • First, it has poured money into Xinjiang.
  • I too had put money into the hat.
  • If the possible reward is very high, I would put money into a business that could fail. 4.
  • In addition, the company has soured some investors by pouring money into headlong expansion at the expense of earnings.
  • Staff can add credit on to their cards by putting money into card machines in the building.
  • The people believed, and many of them were putting money into improving their homes, modernizing their small businesses.
  • This, he says, accounts for developers fighting shy of putting money into the city.
  • And the plants that Thorn-EMI set up to press the discs will remain in mothballs.
  • Carl Lewis' countenance was virtually put into mothballs.
  • The £5,500 creation is currently in mothballs in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.
  • They had been salted away in mothballs and smelt of naphthalene.
► be in a muddle/get into a muddle
  • But other alleged triad leaders used violence to muscle their way into the business, according to the police.
  • Guliaggi and Norrejo are muscling their way through the mob.
  • No one wants the government sticking its nose into the personal business of citizens.
  • Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?
► go into overdrive/be in overdrive
  • Our difficulties pale into insignificance when compared to the problems of the homeless.
  • There are still some problems, but they pale into insignificance when compared to the difficulties facing Russia.
  • But all of this pales into insignificance compared with one major advantage.
  • However, definitional factors pale into insignificance when compared with recent changes in household size.
  • Such faults pale into insignificance against performances of such magnitude as these.
  • This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance.
► fly into a passion
  • Another piece of the jigsaw had just fallen into place.
  • But just in time, it fell into place.
  • I am like the painter of that mosaic, the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help.
  • Mechanisms to ensure gender balance in appointed government bodies were also falling into place.
  • That was our greatest moment together, I think, the moment when our whole future fell into place at last.
  • The route had by now fallen into place.
  • Yet it was not until researchers extended the same effort to the oceans that the bigger tectonic picture fell into place.
  • And what good you, you silly fool, playing into my hands like this?
  • It plays into the hands of the opposition.
  • It would be playing into his hands to react to his deliberate teasing.
  • Such action, I believed - and still believe - would have played into the hands of my enemies.
  • This, the futures industry frets, would play into the hands of Rep.
  • We should be careful not to play into the hands of murderers.
  • Whatever he did would play into the hands of Isambard, whose traps were always dual, and could not be evaded.
► turn/beat swords into ploughshares► plug (something) into something
  • Or maybe they resented a stranger poking his nose into their affairs?
  • A line from an old drinking song popped into his head.
  • And Arnie was the first lie that popped into her head.
  • Funny, the sort of things which popped into your head.
  • List these assets and liabilities at random as they pop into your mind or as they are suggested to you by others.
  • Whenever the question of whether or not she needed him popped into her head, Constance conveniently ducked it.
  • A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice.
  • New safety guidelines for factory workers will be put into practice next month.
  • The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice.
  • But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice.
  • Jeremy Taylor is some one who can afford to put his principles into practice.
  • Last week appeared to be the point at which he put the promise into practice.
  • Let's hope some of our little fire raisers don't manage to get there and put the ad into practice.
  • Make a habit of putting your AH-HAs into practice as soon as possible alter reading them.
  • The next step is to put them into practice.
  • Trials Lack of resources to put your visions into practice.
  • While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice.
  • Cut it down, dye it red and press it into service for that next dinner dance?
  • Eric, at the time a budding saxophonist, press ganged Melanie into service as a singer in his band Adventure.
  • It presses new mutations into service as they arise and is just as ready to make do with what is already around.
  • The penguin presses the pants into service for a dastardly diamond heist.
► press-gang somebody into doing something► pump bullets into somebody/something
  • However, measures to save the airline failed when Delta Air Lines refused to pump money into the ailing carrier.
  • Though the Fed pumped money into the banks, the money supply seemed not to budge much.
  • Forest managers have been slow to put the plan into practice.
  • But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice.
  • But there is a long way to go before he establishes a stable government that can put these qualities into action.
  • Charles, however, was determined to use the farm at Highgrove as a model to put his ideas into practice.
  • Guide us to recognise how great are your resources, and inspire us to put your plans into action.
  • If so, he was about to have an opportunity to put it into practice.
  • It's time to put his theories into practice and find out the reality.
  • The next stage is to implement it or put it into action.
  • The next step is to put them into practice.
► be in raptures/go into raptures► in/into/out of the reckoning
  • The touches or larger areas of primary colours that throw the figures into relief are now less strident, more resonant.
► render something into English/Russian/Chinese etc
  • Given sufficient magnification, of course, all open clusters can be resolved into stars.
  • In fact, particles and anti-particles resolve into massless energy, but that is far from being nothing.
  • In practice the question therefore resolves itself into: Has there been enough time for enough successive generations?
  • It seems to have finally resolved itself into an increased interest in practical deterrence and street-level prevention programmes.
  • They can be resolved into various oscillations about the equilibrium structure.
  • With binoculars, few of the globulars can be resolved into stars except at their extreme edges.
  • I retreated into my shell, being painfully shy in the first place.
► go into reverse/put something into reverse
  • The band's sound was metal and punk and rap all rolled into one.
  • For many, this outsized jamboree became both a new Pentecost and a New Jerusalem rolled into one.
  • In practice, stages 2 and 3 are often rolled into one.
  • It had all the elements one finds in several different testimonies all artfully rolled into one.
  • Lloyd Kaufman is also a writer, director, producer, actor and studio mogul, all rolled into one.
  • Lovable Manuel is quite the tyrant, a mini Papi and Mami rolled into one.
  • She was a fallen Magdalene and a lamenting dolorosa rolled into one.
  • So the service offers a payment system and a management information system rolled into one.
  • They represent a kind of hybrid architect, designer, engineer, set builder and scenario maker, all rolled into one.
  • Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
  • To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
  • The 18th century mansion has fallen into ruin.
  • In 1685 the castle was burnt by the Duke of Argyll and fell into ruin.
  • Miles of poverty with modern adobe dwellings either being built or falling into ruin.
  • Unemployment runs at more than 50 %, and most factories have fallen into ruin.
  • All the costs of getting a mortgage, moving and setting up home can run into thousands.
  • And, of course, the cost - that ran into thousands.
  • Last night, it was feared that the cost of the disaster could run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
  • Others take a proportion of the cost of the house and, consequently, the fee can run into thousands.
  • Potentially the number of claims could run into thousands: the inventory covers only part of the national collections.
  • The number of deaths could run into hundreds.
  • There are certainly hundreds of people who could be involved and the number could even run into thousands.
  • These could run into thousands of pounds is a helicopter is involved.
► be in service/go into service
  • His wife shamed him into handing the money back.
  • A lot of similar stories, people just wanting to get back into shape, get their games together.
  • And backs off quick, before the long-suffering pimp shows up, and knocks the girl into shape with his jewelled fists.
  • His replacement, former sales manager Nils Sontag, never had enough time to lick the company into shape.
  • Lionesses lick their cubs into shape and life.
  • Nevertheless an heroic effort is being made to lick Expo into shape before Easter Monday.
  • The first two hours knock us into shape, however, as we battle with the boulder-strewn approach to Condoriri.
  • With the BaByliss BodyToner Plus you can treat yourself to wonderful massages and get back into shape at the same time.
  • She stepped into her shoes, grabbed her clothes, and ran that way.
  • Bringing up the rear, Duke shouldered his way into the kitchen.
  • But wait, some one is shouldering their way through the crowd.
  • Erlich shouldered his way through the crowd and went after her.
  • He was curious and, shouldering his way through the crowd, made his way to St Mary Le Bow.
  • I went in there, shouldered my way through the crowd.
  • Nicolo shouldered his way through the crowd towards the Princess.
  • Some surprise managed to shoulder its way into Jenner's turgid writing.
  • They looked as though they could shoulder their way through solid rock and beat up a regiment of trolls into the bargain.
► shovel something into/onto something
  • We stood at the window until their car came into sight.
  • After a moment they came into sight.
  • But they instantly look the other way when he and his motorcade come into sight.
  • But when the lane curved, a tavern came into sight and she went in.
  • He'd have plenty of time to drive down when the target vehicle came into sight.
  • He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road.
  • The camp came into sight at the bottom of the road.
  • The carob came into sight below.
► sign a bill/legislation/agreement into law► somebody can’t get it into their (thick) skull
  • He was just gazing into space.
  • In his study, Bernard Quex stared into space, pen motionless over his notepad.
  • Mrs Frizzell gazed into space and Mrs Murphy smoothed back errant curls from her damp forehead.
  • Mrs James caught me staring into space twice even though the girl sitting next to me had nudged me in time.
  • My companion remained oblivious to the sights, staring into space and frowning.
  • Rachel screamed and woke up, drenched with sweat, shaking, staring into space.
  • Sometimes the door was ajar and I would see her sitting absolutely still, staring into space, not reading at all.
  • Usually, after a performance I come home and stare into space.
  • After decent dousing on Splash Mountain, need to go into spin cycle to dry off.
  • At four hundred feet he hadn't enough altitude from which he could recover if he went into a spin.
  • But Yoyo, just frozen in a spin, happens to look up and see him.
  • EuroDisney, ahead of Thursday's figures, was in a spin.
  • Incidentally, if an aircraft is very difficult to get into a spin, it also may be very difficult to recover.
  • The tundras will drag you into a spin.
  • The children are making decorations to get into the spirit of the season.
  • A good collie enters into the spirit of the hunt, up to a point.
  • Flagellation and other exotic practices formed part of its creed and Rasputin entered into the spirit of these with enthusiasm.
  • He tried hard to get into the spirit of the thing.
  • It all began about 15 years ago when Pat Jackson got into the spirit and decided to decorate her house.
  • Knowing who was servant and who mistress, I entered into the spirit of the farce.
  • Meanwhile, the audience gets into the spirit of the occasion, courtesy of comedian, Bobby Bragg from Banbury.
  • Mercer was entering into the spirit of things, Bambi also but more coolly.
  • Thomas himself got into the spirit.
  • Joy went crimson and tears sprang into her eyes.
  • With that avowal, tears sprang to her eyes, leaving Farini nonplussed.
  • Finally new businesses do not spring into existence simply because taxes are reduced in a given area.
  • Here, a fast, sparkling fresh stream springs into existence, fords a lane and runs parallel to a wooden pathway.
  • It may be possible to think of a universe springing into existence out of nothing at all.
  • Louis, have sprung into being.
  • The nurse's soft, slightly damp touch faded and darkness sprang into being inside Chesarynth's head.
  • Bellas and her crew sprang into action.
  • Faced with such an unprecedented threat, Church leaders sprang into action.
  • He sprang into action when wife Ann, 26, suddenly went into labour in the middle of the night.
  • Ten-mile tailbacks blocked roads as bargain hunters sprang into action after three days at home.
  • The brave granny sprang into action when she heard Kathleen Wallace scream.
  • The six kids who have organized this trip spring into action.
  • When a black freshman is threatened with racist graffiti, she is the first to spring into action.
  • You know, lulling you to sleep before springing into action.
► be in a state/get into a state
  • Instead he fell into step, and they went on from there.
  • Once again, Blue falls into step with Black, perhaps even more harmoniously than before.
  • She walked to the door, trying her hardest to ignore the man who fell into step beside her.
  • The Clinton administration, after some hesitation, fell into step behind Paris.
  • The great horse Koulash galloped forward to join the Tsar's horses, and fell into step with them.
  • The senator fell into step beside me while some of Bonefish's smaller children followed at a safe distance.
  • They fell into step on the slush-covered path.
  • By half-past three, when their lessons were normally over, Hugo felt he was getting into his stride.
  • If this book has a significant weakness, it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride.
  • In some peculiar way he seemed to be getting into his stride.
  • Just as the teacher was getting into her stride, the whole school was plunged into darkness.
  • The first speaker was getting into his stride.
  • The work had scarcely got into its stride before it was interrupted by the outbreak of the Wars of Independence.
  • They were just getting into their stride when they received an invitation from Lila to come to her place.
  • Believe me, all those cannon, mortars and volley guns should strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
  • Every crisis would strike terror into the hearts of people everywhere.
  • Nothing here to strike fear into the hearts of the people.
  • The Slav opposition collapsed almost immediately, as if the very name of Charles had struck terror into their hearts.
  • The very physical description of the Huns proved sufficient in and of itself to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies.
► get stuck in/get stuck into something
  • Even on a cold day, the old man could break into a sweat if he got beyond a full minute.
  • He broke into a sweat, began to tremble, and then asked if we could leave.
  • He was very weak and his body trembled and broke into sweats whenever he tried to sleep.
  • I began to break into a sweat.
  • I noted the Handbook clearly stated that you were not to expect the police to break into a sweat over your losses.
  • All this would have rotted away had the rescue operation not swung into action.
  • The doctor examined her, found a faint pulse, and immediately swung into action to resuscitate the patient.
  • The first battalion of boffins will swing into action this August.
  • The moment the shooting was reported, they swung into action.
  • The nights really begin to swing into action with regular party nights in the bar.
  • Throughout the region voluntary agencies like the Red Cross are swinging into action.
  • When he swings into action on the water, Kerton is one of the fastest men afloat.
  • Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action.
  • As the afternoon wears on, Paul Merton gets into the swing of things.
  • But once you get into the swing of it, the anatomy takes care of itself.
  • In the evening a fun event will be held to get into the swing of things.
► turn/beat swords into ploughshares
  • Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin.
  • But I don't go into a tailspin over it.
  • Its shares went into a tailspin.
  • Lenny's career went into a tailspin when he decided personality mattered more than material.
  • The economy went into a tailspin.
  • Someone needs to talk sense into Rob before he gets hurt.
  • Afterwards, George asked me to come down and see if I could talk some sense into you.
  • At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her.
  • He had already tried to talk sense into Jotan, and had got nowhere.
  • Maybe the squabbling sparrows on the next balcony would talk some sense into her before it was too late.
  • She fervently hoped that Father McCormack would be able to talk some sense into her son.
  • Take this, and try to talk some sense into your dad if you can.
  • As happened during and after the first war of independence, the money has disappeared into thin air.
  • It was almost as if he'd vanished into thin air.
  • Maybe each and every one of them had vanished into thin air.
  • The Cheshire cat is an odd character and he causes confusion when he literally disappears into thin air.
  • The money which has suddenly and mysteriously become available simply vanishes into thin air as Ruggiero Miletti magically reappears.
  • Victor and his kidnappers had disappeared into thin air.
  • Yet he seemed to disappear into thin air.
  • You can tell these mysterious trails were not made yesterday, because of the way they seem to disappear into thin air.
  • Even as I write this, the shared facts of our lives continue to thread their way through our flesh.
  • He threads his way through narrow alleys where the sun never penetrates.
  • I watched her thread her way through the crowd, toward the elevator.
  • Judges have a hard time trying to thread their way through the labyrinthine case law.
  • Rather, the guitar and drum set seem like obbligato instruments, threading their way through the varied and highly imaginative texture.
  • The door was held open for him, and he threaded his way through all the backstage equipment.
  • This time she threaded her way through the high peaks of the Rockies without incident.
  • We thread our way through the cemetery, misquoting or humming quietly and almost comforted.
  • Diem threw them all into jail.
  • Gabriel had broken his apprentice's bond and no one had hanged him or flogged him or thrown him into prison.
  • Her father threw her into prison for her treachery to him.
  • Leyland fired one off the bar, and the police threw him in jail overnight.
  • She had heard the cops on Plenty didn't even bother throwing you in jail.
  • She was going to hit him, even if they threw her in jail again.
  • They throw a baby into prison.
  • What is more, if people resort to blackmail and other threats, why not throw them into jail?
  • Advancing on a narrow front, the bristling schiltrons threw their opponents into confusion on such unfamiliar, unstable ground.
  • But a Cup replay would throw those plans into disarray.
  • He briefly dissolved Congress in 1992 to successfully fight two guerrilla insurgencies that had thrown the country into chaos.
  • However, the death of Vial shortly afterwards threw everything into confusion.
  • Instead, it was going directly across their path, which threw them into confusion.
  • It was their starting-point that was often illogical or arbitrary and threw the listener into confusion.
  • Now the ruling, which could open the way for new prosecutions, has thrown the issue into chaos.
  • Since the middle of the 1870s a world monetary depression had thrown trade into confusion.
  • Since her husband died, she's thrown herself into her work.
  • He must throw himself into his work, forget her.
  • He tried for years without success until finally, in utter despair, he threw himself into the kiln.
  • Luckily, the boys heard the scuffle and ran out to throw themselves into the fray.
  • Margarett threw herself into the trip.
  • Mary was so chagrined that she threw herself into a life of promiscuity.
  • She took the report, went out into the department and threw herself into her work with tight-lipped determination.
  • This caused such a stir that Harrison threw himself into the cause of medical reform.
  • To keep things together, he threw himself into his work.
  • At this stage, the urge to do something was unfocused, but it was extraordinary how people threw themselves into it.
  • Grief-stricken, he threw himself on her.
  • He kicked it in, threw himself on the floor and rolled under the bed.
  • I threw myself down on the bed and sobbed bitterly.
  • I threw myself into organising the funeral, picking out the music I wanted played.
  • Like Billy McFadzean who in 1916 threw himself on two bombs to save his comrades in the trenches of the Somme.
  • They threw themselves down on the street or took shelter behind cars and in doorways.
  • You put him in a situation where women are throwing themselves at him.
  • But meanwhile, her new role as fashion supremo is something she can really get her teeth into.
  • Once the gila monster gets its teeth into its prey it will not let go.
  • That O'Neill man isn't going to let up now he's got his teeth into it.
  • We were both the sort of people who just can't let go once they have got their teeth into something.
  • Accelerate smartly so that you can get into top gear as quickly as possible.
  • It was ready to move into top gear at very short notice.
  • Meanwhile Pistol Packer was getting into top gear on the stands side, and Caro and Arlequino were not done with.
  • He had only to pick one of them up to be transported back to the time and place of its acquisition.
  • Years later, at a sound, sight or scent, you can be transported back to that place.
  • But do not fall into the trap of doing something I saw recently.
  • Don't fall into the trap of comparing your wages and conditions with other volunteers and development workers.
  • Duffy refuses to fall into the trap of spoon-feeding the material to passive students, which only increases their passivity.
  • During the 90s Washington fell into the trap of allowing events to dictate the relationship, with increasingly destabilising results.
  • Journalists can fall into the trap of being hypercritical.
  • She was not going to fall into the trap of thinking she wanted Vitor as Vitor.
  • So answer this question truthfully, lest your smart organization fall into the trap of continuing to outsmart itself.
  • When we tie it to jobs, or to survival needs, we fall into the trap of mechanistic literacy.
  • After she calmed down she reminded me of our bargain, and of how she had stayed out of trouble all year.
  • Getting you out of trouble again.
  • Our assumption that we can build our way out of trouble is another.
  • She had decided at an early age that the best way to stay out of trouble was to stay out of sight.
  • The loyalty program he established in 1947 was the first step toward making them value caution and keeping out of trouble.
  • The parole system has been making efforts to keep former convicts out of trouble.
  • You need a captain along to keep you out of trouble.
► days turned into weeks/months turned into years etc
  • Tanning beds came into use around 1979.
  • Doors were fitted and it came into use on 7 September.
  • Doubtless, this instability will continue as more sophisticated techniques of diagnosis come into use by the medical profession.
  • It came into use around the turn of the century.
  • The new register comes into use the following February.
  • The scourge of firedamp explosions caused by the miners' lights should have dwindled to nothing after the lamp came into use.
  • There were many different drugs coming into use.
  • Various kinds of minuscule came into use, such as the humanistic and the Carolingian.
  • Four of the five who voted him out of office either refused to discuss the removal or did not return phone calls.
  • Each receives some kind of government stipend, and Harry talks his way into a computer job while Kate does laundry.
  • Forbes' rivals have accused him of buying his way into the race.
  • Now nationalised and backed by government money, the firm may buy its way into video technology and markets.
  • The adventurers could fight, but it would be safer to try and talk their way past.
  • The family - without plane tickets and passports - had to talk their way past airport officials on their homeward journey.
  • They bought their way into the landed aristocracy.
  • You should be able to buy your way into any Mystery you choose with that.
  • The women had got into the way of going up on the deck every evening.
► whale into/on somebody/something
  • The skipper turned out to be a quiet figure intent on blending into the woodwork.
  • The guy does know how to blend into the woodwork.
  • However; they had done little to develop emotional ideas and emotional thinking, to help Kyle put his feelings into words.
  • I didn't mean that at all -- you're just putting words into my mouth!
  • Stop putting words into my mouth - I never said I disliked the job.
  • You're putting words into her mouth. You don't know what she thinks.
  • Stop trying to put words into my mouth.
  • A 16-year-old girl works herself into a frenzy of grief for a friend killed by right-wing vigilantes.
  • I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all.
  • I knew I was working myself into a state, but I kept on staring at the picture of the dead girl.
  • It was silly to work himself into a state like this.
  • Make sure that the horse stays calm and does not work himself into a frenzy.
  • You're working yourself into a state.
  • He gave her a child every year, but was never there when it came into the world.
  • He looked as if he came into the world fighting.
► bring a child into the world
  • But you can bring worms into your house, too, and make your kitchen scraps disappear.
  • Clive felt delicate feelers worming through his mind, draining his pain, his fear.
  • Jess wormed through the crush, at last emerging into daylight.
  • Or perhaps you've an idea that you might worm your way into my affections, is that it?
► worm your way into somebody’s affections/heart/confidence etc
  • A crossed cheque therefore gives some protection against fraud if it falls into the wrong hands.
  • And images of Kurds on tape could fall into the wrong hands.
  • But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas, because they're worried about them falling into the wrong hands.
  • Cards falling into the wrong hands cost the industry three hundred pounds every minute.
  • I will never allow Kirsty to fall into the wrong hands.
  • Pentagon officials say they have already had some success reducing the risk that nuclear materials will fall into the wrong hands.
  • Voice over Mr Foulkes is seeking Government safeguards to prevent Rayo from falling into the wrong hands.
1to the inside of something to the inside or inner part of a container, place, area etc:  Come into the office. He thrust his hand into his coat pocket. There must be another way into the cave. Sue got back into bed and pulled the quilt over her head. I’ve got to go into town this morning. We dived into the sea.2becoming involved used to say that someone becomes involved in a situation or activity, or becomes part of a group:  At the age of 16, I went into the printing trade as an apprentice. They tried to drag me into their quarrel. a player who deserves to get back into the England team3changing used to say that someone or something starts being in a different state or form:  She fell into a deep sleep. The whole banking system was thrown into confusion. I screwed my wet handkerchief into a ball. Cut the cake into pieces. Neruda’s poems have been translated into English.4hitting something used to say that a person or vehicle hits someone or something after moving towards them:  He almost bumped into me as he rushed past. The car swerved and crashed into the wall.5direction in a particular direction:  They rode off into the sunset. Make sure you’re speaking directly into the microphone.6time at or until a certain time:  Andy and I talked well into the night. John was well into his forties before he got married.7finding out used to say what someone is trying to find out information about:  an investigation into the events leading up to his death I’ve been doing some research into this.8dividing numbers spoken used when you are dividing one number by another:  Eight into twenty-four is three.9be into something spoken to like and be interested in something:  I’m really into folk music.10be into somebody American English informal to owe someone money:  He’s into me for $50.
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