check into
phr. v..phr. v.. to arrive at a hotel or hospital and give your information so you can stay there.
phr. v.. to register one's arrival at a place of lodging or a medical facility; functions as a transitive phrasal verb requiring a direct object.
We need to check into the hotel before dinner.
After a long flight, they finally checked into their room and went straight to sleep.
The patient was required to check into the clinic at dawn to undergo the necessary preoperative preparations.
- Particles
- into
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- check + into + object
usually followed by a noun representing a place of stay like a hotel, resort, or hospital.
contrast with 'check in' (intransitive); you 'check in' at the desk, but you 'check into' the hotel itself.
We checked into at 3 PM.We checked in at 3 PM.use 'check in' without an object; 'check into' must be followed by the name of the place.