work into

verb

worked into; working into; works into

1

: to add or include (something) in (something)

She tried to find a way of working her question into the conversation.

2

: to stir or mix (something) into (something)

Work the nuts and raisins into the dough.

3

: to gradually cause (someone) to be in (an excited, angry, or frightened state)

He worked himself into a rage/panic.

Examples of work into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Paul will play Jimmy Iovine, the billionaire music mogul who via his Interscope Records’ distribution deal with Death Row Records, helped bring Snoop’s early work into the mainstream. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026

And, because this is central to training large neural networks, people have put a lot of work into optimizing the performance of gradient descent on GPUs. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

Very quickly, the two men’s relationship grew beyond work into a friendship. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

Knowing what’s fresh is essential before putting in all the time and work into making a loaf that quite literally falls flat. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 3 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for work into

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• devalue