build into

British  

verb

1. (tr, preposition) to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)

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Example Sentences

Maryam Zar, a Palisades resident, said that many in the Palisades feared a new project on the site of a Shell gas station that developer Justin Kohanoff said he wanted to build into an eight-story, 100-unit, low-income building.

From Los Angeles Times

The kids, tyro musicians, are trying to learn the David Bowie-Queen classic, “Under Pressure,” which Mr. Cooper and his two fellow writers, Mr. Arnett and Mark Chappell, build into a somewhat overdetermined commentary on their parents: “Why can’t we give love one more chance?”

From The Wall Street Journal

My encouragement is that we kind of go out there and take a leap of faith and support the program and let that momentum build into what he’s going to do.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes it’s in the quiet repair of something broken, the small acts of care that build into something profound.

From Los Angeles Times

He briefly explored a 1996 presidential bid but instead took a position as chief executive of Halliburton, which he helped build into one of the leading suppliers of oil-drilling equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal