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Phrasal Verbs with INTO 1

If you 'bump into' someone, you meet them by chance.

• I bumped into Martin in the mall.
  
• You'll never guess who I bumped into today.

If you 'burst into a room' or 'burst into tears', you do it suddenly and without warning.

• Don't burst into my room like that. Please knock first.
  
• When I told him the bad news, he burst into tears.

If  something 'comes into' force, it begins to happen.

• The new tax rules come into effect from next Monday.
  
• When the changes come into effect, productivity is certain to rise.

If you say that a particular emotion or quality 'doesn't come into it', it means that it doesn't influence the situation.

• I promoted Kate because she was the best person for the job and the fact that she is my daughter didn't come into.
  
• She's rich because she's good at what she does. Luck doesn't come into it.

Often when we use 'go into'  it has the idea of 'entering'.

• I was thinking about going into politics.
  
• The new model has just gone into production.

Sometimes 'go into' can mean to do things in great detail.

• The deal sounds good but we'll have to go into the details of the contract.
  
• It's very complicated and we don't have time to go into that now.

Time, money or energy that has 'gone into' a project, is what has been used or spent on the project.

• Over $100,000 has gone into the development of this new system.
  
• I appreciate that a lot of effort has gone into the writing of this report.

If you 'grow into' an activity, you become better at doing it over time.

• She was very unsure at first but has really grown into her new job.
  
• Give it some time and you will grow into the role.

If you 'talk someone into' doing something, you persuade them to do it.

• I didn't want to come but Annie talked me into it.
  
• I think I can talk him into it.

If you 'tune into' a particular radio or television station, you select it.

• More and more people are tuning into 'The Apprentice'.
  
• People listen to their Ipods and don't tune into the radio as much as before.

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Phrasal Verbs with INTO 2

If you 'check into' a hotel, you arrive at the hotel and complete the registration process.

• I'm going straight to the meeting. I'll check into my hotel later.
  
• Just give me thirty minutes to check into my hotel and I'll be ready to go.

If you 'check into' some information, you verify if the information is correct.

• We need to check into his background to see if he is who he says he is.
  
• We need to check into these statistics to see how reliable they are.

If people 'crowd into' a room, many of them go into a small space.

• Can everybody crowd into this room or do we need a bigger one?
  
• We all crowded into this tiny room to hear her speak.

If you 'get into' a subject, you become interested in it or involved with it.

• I've been getting into yoga recently and I've become more relaxed.
  
• I got into teaching English because I wanted to visit other countries.

You can also 'get into' a habit of doing something.

• I've got into the routine of jogging every morning before I start work.
  
• You should get into the habit of checking your email only twice a day.

If you 'look into' something, you examine all the details.

• We need to look into why we are doing so badly in Japan.
  
• We'll have to look into the possibility that our sales team have become unmotivated.

If a car 'pulls into' the side of the road, it stops.

• Pull into that rest area so that we can have a break.
  
• The train was pulling into the station as we got there.

If you have 'put time/effort into ' something, you have spent a lot of time/effort on it.

• I've put a lot of effort into this project but I don't seem to be getting anywhere.
  
• You've put a lot of work into this and I appreciate it.

To 'put money into' something means to invest in it.

• We need to put a lot more money into English training.
  
• We've put loads of money into research and development with very poor results.

If you 'dig into' something you have been saving, you use it part of it.

• We will need to dig into our reserve fund to finance this work.
  
• I had to dig into my savings to repair the storm damage to my house.

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Phrasal Verbs with INTO 3

If somebody 'flies into' an emotional state, they do it very suddenly and without warning.

• He flew into a panic when he heard that the big boss was coming.
  
• She flew into a rage when she heard that her project had been cancelled.

If you 'fool someone into' doing something, you trick them into doing it.

• I fooled him into believing that next Monday was a public holiday.
  
• She fooled me into thinking that John was Italian.

If you 'slip into' a bad state or condition, you gradually start to be that way.

• The economy is slipping into recession.
  
• He improved for a while but now he's slipping back into his old habits.

If you 'run into' somebody, you meet them by chance.

• I ran into Martin when I was doing some shopping.
  
• I hope to run into you again one of these days.

If a quantity 'runs into' the thousands, it is more than one thousand.

• The money spent on the project must run into the millions.
  
• The death toll runs into the hundreds.

If you 'run into difficulties', you begin to experience them.

• The company ran into difficulties in the 90s when consumer tastes changed.
  
• We'll run into problems if we don't act now.

If you 'settle into' a new job, you begin to feel relaxed and at ease.

• How are you settling into your new job?
  
• I've had problems settling into my new company.

If you 'fling yourself into' a task, you do it with a lot of energy.

• He's flung himself into his new job. He's already made a lot of changes.
  
• She flings herself into everything she does. She has an amazing amount of energy.

If you 'sink money into' a project, you invest it.

• Microsoft have sunk millions into developing their range of products.
  
• We'd need to sink a lot of money into the factory to turn it around.

If you 'sink into' a state, you gradually get worse.

• He's sunk into a depression over the last few months.
  
• The company has sunk deeper and deeper into debt.

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