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turn something into a plan
make an idea specific enough to act on
To develop an idea by deciding the actions, timing, and resources needed to make it happen.
Hear it in real life
What happened to your recycling project?
We turned the idea into a plan and sent it to the council.
The committee met twice to turn the idea into a plan everyone could follow.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We turned the idea to a plan.
Say: We turned the idea into a plan.
Use "into" to show what the idea becomes.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
turn an idea into a plan; turn something into a detailed plan
Your turn: say it out loud
The committee met twice to turn the idea into a plan everyone could follow.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
turn something into a plan
make an idea specific enough to act on
“The committee met twice to turn the idea into a plan everyone could follow.”
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