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Phrase(s): precipitate into something
1. Lit. [for a chemical] to go out of solution into solid form. • The sodium chloride precipitated into a salt. • Will this compound precipitate into anything if I cool it? 2. Fig. [for something] to become a more serious matter. • By then, the street fight had precipitated into a riot. • We were afraid that the argument would precipitate into a fight., Phrase(s): precipitate something into something
1. Lit. to cause a chemical to go out of a solution into a solid form. • Adding just one salt grain at the right time will precipitate the salt dissolved into the water into large crystals. • One grain precipitated the dissolved salt into crystals. 2. Fig. to cause something to become more serious. • The gunshot precipitated the incident into a riot. • The rally was precipitated into a serious brawl.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs