Home & living

blend into the background

avoid attracting attention

If someone or something blends into the background, they do not attract attention because they look or seem unobtrusive.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why did you wear such plain clothes?

I wanted to blend into the background.

Play the conversation

The small speakers blend into the background of the living room.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I wore grey to blend in the background.

Say: I wore grey to blend into the background.

The expression needs the preposition “into” before “the background.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

blend into the background; blended into the background

Your turn: say it out loud

The small speakers blend into the background of the living room.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

blend into the background

avoid attracting attention

“The small speakers blend into the background of the living room.”

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