melt into

Blend seamlessly away

To melt into something is to blend gradually until distinction disappears.

A person melts into a crowd by becoming indistinguishable from it.

Colors melt into each other at soft boundaries.

Someone might melt into someone's arms, yielding completely to an embrace: She melted into him as they danced.

The phrase suggests dissolution of boundaries—physical, visual, or emotional.

Related

fuse · dissolve · vanish · deliquesce · surrender · lose oneself · warm embrace · fade · fade away · disappear · slip away · embrace · sink · flow · assimilate · interweave · coalesce · become one

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Opposites
visibility/distinctness

melt intopop out

Appear or exit abruptly

jump out · stick out · catch the eye · draw attention · dominate

gradual transition

melt intoburst forth

Emerge with sudden force

spring out · break with

emergence/appearance

melt intotake shape

Gradually become distinct

solidify

Family

melt, into, melted, melting, molten, melts, meltdown, smelter, melter

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G