commute (something) into (something)
commute (something) into (something)
1. To make a routine trip (typically into a city) to one's place of work or school. Until I relocate, I'll have to commute into Manhattan for work every day.
2. To change or transform something into something else. I doubt that the judge will commute that sentence into a lesser punishment.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
commute something into something
to change something into something. No one, as it turns out, can commute lead into gold. I had hoped to commute this argument into a sensible discussion, but it is hopeless.
See also: commute
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- commute
- commute into
- off
- offed
- off from work
- at work
- go to work
- go/set to work
- go shares
- go about your work