Home & living
pour in
enter in large amounts
To enter or arrive in large amounts or numbers, often continuously.
Hear it in real life
Why is your phone so busy?
Messages are pouring in about the event.
As soon as I opened the curtains, warm sunlight poured in.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Messages poured into.
Say: Messages poured in.
Use “pour in” when things arrive in large numbers without naming a destination; use “pour into” only when a place follows.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
sunlight pours in; messages poured in; people began pouring in
Your turn: say it out loud
As soon as I opened the curtains, warm sunlight poured in.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
pour in
enter in large amounts
“As soon as I opened the curtains, warm sunlight poured in.”
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