Phrasal Verbs
sink into
- If you 'sink money into' a project, you invest in it.
- If you 'sink into' a state, you gradually get worse.
run into
- If you 'run into' somebody, you meet them by chance.
- If a quantity 'runs into' the thousands, it is more than one thousand.
go into
- Often when we use 'go into', it has the idea of 'entering'.
- Sometimes 'go into' can mean to do things in great detail.
- Time, money or energy that has 'gone into' a project, is what has been used or spent on the project.
come into
- If something 'comes into' force, it begins to happen.
- If you say that a particular emotion or quality 'doesn't come into it', it means that it doesn't influence the situation.
look into
- If you 'look into' something, you examine all the details.