turn into

== English == === Etymology === turn + into === Pronunciation === === Verb === turn into (third-person singular simple present turns into, present participle turning into, simple past and past participle turned into) (intransitive) To become. Synonyms: turn to, convert to, convert into, change into, change to, transform into, transform to Near-synonyms: (intransitive) get, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax; (reflexive) make [oneself], make [oneself] into all things turn into dust (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to become. Synonyms: turn to, convert to, convert into, change into, change to, transform into, transform to Near-synonyms: (transitive) make, make into Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn,‎ into. ==== Quotations ==== 1975 from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Wikiquote) [Sir Bedevere]: What makes you think she's a witch? [Peasant]: Well, she turned me into a newt! [Sir Bedevere]: A newt? [Peasant]: ... I got better. ==== Synonyms ==== (intransitive: become): become (transitive: cause to become): make, make into ==== Derived terms ==== you can't turn a hoe into a housewife ==== Translations ==== === See also === turn turn in turn into a pumpkin === Anagrams === notturni, uttronin