take into account
To remember and understand while judging someone or something; consider.
How much time will we need to get to the lake? You have to take the bad road into account.
His acting in the play was remarkable, taking into account his youth and inexperience.
The judge took the prisoner's young age into account before sentencing him to three months in jail.
Educators should take into account the cultural backgrounds of students when planning a school curriculum.
take into one's head
take it into one's head
take a notion
To get a sudden idea; decide without thinking.
The boy suddenly took it into his head to leave school and get a job.
Grandmother keeps a bag packed so that she can go visiting whenever she takes a notion.
take the law into one's own hands
To protect one's supposed rights or punish a suspected wrongdoer without reference to a court. An overused expression.
When the men of the settlement caught the suspected murderer, they took the law into their own hands and hanged him to a tree.
His farm was going to be sold for taxes, but he took the law into his own hands and drove the sheriff away with a shotgun.
talk into
To get (someone) to agree to; make (someone) decide on (doing something) by talking; persuade to. Used with a verbal noun.
Bob talked us into walking home with him.
To cause to be in or to get into by talking.
You talked us into this mess. Now get us out!
Mr. Jones lost the customer in his store by arguing with him. "You'll talk us into the poor house yet!" said Mrs. Jones.
tear into
To attack vigorously, physically or verbally.
The anxious buyers tore into the wedding gowns on sale at the famous department store.
wade in
wade into
To go busily to work.
The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again.
To attack.
When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in and took it apart.
Jack waded into the boys with his fists flying.
work into
Force into little by little.
John worked his foot into the boot by pushing and pulling.
Put into; mix into.
Mary worked some blue into the rug she was weaving.
worm in
worm into
To insinuate oneself; penetrate gradually.
By cultivating the friendship of a few of the prominent merchants, Peter hoped to worm his way into that exclusive elite of export magnates.