simple past tense and past participle of intone

(transitive, idiomatic) To mismanage to the point of ruin. / (transitive, idiomatic) To wear out, especially through excessive use. / (transitive, idiomatic) To discuss ad nauseam.

To become enforceable, or applicable.

(idiomatic) To compare something with a similar thing to give a clearer, more accurate idea.

(transitive, idiomatic) To make (something) a practical reality.

(transitive, intransitive, dated) To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner. / (transitive, dated) To say or speak with a certain intonation.

(transitive) To eat, especially with gusto.

To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.

Alternative form of out of the frying pan, into the fire

(idiomatic) Immediately and inexplicably out of sight.