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duck into somewhere

enter a place quickly

To duck into a place means to enter it quickly, often to avoid something outside.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Where did you disappear to?

I ducked into the pharmacy to buy some medicine.

Play the conversation

We ducked into a cafe until the storm passed.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We ducked in a shop to escape the rain.

Say: We ducked into a shop to escape the rain.

Use the preposition “into” when you enter a place quickly.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

duck into a shop; duck into somewhere; duck in and out

Your turn: say it out loud

We ducked into a cafe until the storm passed.

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

duck into somewhere

enter a place quickly

“We ducked into a cafe until the storm passed.”

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