Phrase guide

make into

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To cause (the first object) to become (the second object); to change or transform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

Examples

  • Basic training will make you into a man.
  • The potion made him into a toad.
  • I'll make a dry academic discipline into a living subject.
  • A disused theatre newly made into a school.

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Antonyms: none provided

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