Work & careers
turn into a grind
become boring and tiring
If an activity turns into a grind, it becomes boring and tiring because it feels like hard, repetitive work.
Hear it in real life
Are you still enjoying the course?
Not really; the assignments have turned into a grind.
Cooking for a large group can turn into a grind if you have to do everything alone.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It turned to a grind.
Say: It turned into a grind.
Use “turn into,” not “turn to,” when something changes into a tiring routine.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
turn into a grind; turned into a grind; can turn into a grind
Your turn: say it out loud
Cooking for a large group can turn into a grind if you have to do everything alone.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
turn into a grind
become boring and tiring
“Cooking for a large group can turn into a grind if you have to do everything alone.”
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