English Phrase of the Day

Definitions

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come into
Please come into the living room.
1. v. To inherit (money).
After his father died, he came into a large fortune.
2. v. To be a factor in.
Money doesn't come into it.
3. v. To enter the initial phase of; to commence.
Analysis
come		©
1. v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...
2. v.          To move towards the speaker.
I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
Stop dawdling and come here!
into		©
1. prep. Going inside (of).
Mary danced into the house.
2. prep. Going to a geographic region.
We left the house and walked into the street.
The plane flew into the open air.

Example Sentences

It will take some time before we come into our inheritance.  But you will come into the public forum in such a way that you will be able to let her go.  Do you know what you are doing, letting beggars come into the palace?  They hug thick vegetation at the margins of freshwater habitats and seldom come into view.  If you're likely to be outside in the evening, you'll also need plants that rely on moths and night-time insects for pollination, since this is when their scent will come into force.

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