Phrasal Verbs with into

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.

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.