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into
[in-too, in-too, -tuh]
preposition
to the inside of; in toward.
He walked into the room. The train chugged into the station.
toward or in the direction of.
going into town.
to a point of contact with; against.
backed into a parked car.
(used to indicate insertion or immersion in).
plugged into the socket.
(used to indicate entry, inclusion, or introduction in a place or condition).
received into the church.
to the state, condition, or form assumed or brought about.
went into shock; lapsed into disrepair; translated into another language.
to the occupation, action, possession, circumstance, or acceptance of.
went into banking; coerced into complying.
(used to indicate a continuing extent in time or space).
lasted into the night; far into the distance.
(used to indicate the number to be divided by another number).
2 into 20 equals 10.
Informal.interested or absorbed in, especially obsessively.
She's into yoga and gardening.
Slang.in debt to.
I'm into him for ten dollars.
adjective
Mathematics.pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x ) = x 2 for every integer.
into
/ ˈɪntuː, ˈɪntə /
preposition
to the interior or inner parts of
to look into a case
to the middle or midst of so as to be surrounded by
into the water
into the bushes
against; up against
he drove into a wall
used to indicate the result of a transformation or change
he changed into a monster
maths used to indicate a dividend
three into six is two
informalinterested or enthusiastically involved in
I'm really into Freud these days
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Players don a pair of high-tech glasses called "Dateviators" that turn household objects including fridges, doors and lamps into potential love interests.
The agents arrived at Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet around 3:30 p.m., according to eyewitness Howie Rezendez, who filmed armed agents hop off their vehicles and head into the venue.
Their brief hello turns into a moment to recall everything that has gone wrong, and just how quickly it all went to sh*t.
With all of that flash and panache, the viewer might be lulled enough to recall a time not too long ago, when the sensible self-prioritization of twee was fading, and the recklessness of “YOLO” was creeping into its place.
Had Flanagan taken King’s you-only-live-once theme and presented reasonable, modern ways to put it into practice, “The Life of Chuck” might not feel like such a void of meaning.
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