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Phrase(s): press something into something [and] press something in
1. to force something into something, such as a mold. • Now, you need to press the clay into the mold carefully. • Now, hold the mold with one hand and press in the clay. 2. to force or drive something into the surface of something. • You are standing on my chewing gum, and you have pressed it into the carpet! • Don’t press in the gum by standing on it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs