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Phrase(s): freeze something into something
1. to use cold to solidify something into a different state, usually water into ice. • The extreme cold froze the water of the river into solid ice. • The cold snap froze the water in the puddles into hard sheets of ice. 2. to use cold to solidify something into a particular shape. • We froze the ice cream into the shape of a penguin. • This ice tray will freeze water into little round balls of ice.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs