# check into

CEFR A2 · Phrasal verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/check-into
Updated: 2026-04-24

## Definition

to arrive at a hotel or hospital and give your information so you can stay there.

For teachers: to register one's arrival at a place of lodging or a medical facility; functions as a transitive phrasal verb requiring a direct object.

## Examples

- 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.

## Pitfalls

- Not "We checked into at 3 PM." but "We checked in at 3 PM." — use 'check in' without an object; 'check into' must be followed by the name of the place.

## Usage notes

- usually followed by a noun representing a place of stay like a hotel, resort, or hospital.
- Teaching tip: contrast with 'check in' (intransitive); you 'check in' at the desk, but you 'check into' the hotel itself.

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