diff --git a/crates/hir-def/src/attr.rs b/crates/hir-def/src/attr.rs
index 942b28fc145..26f76afb1f0 100644
--- a/crates/hir-def/src/attr.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-def/src/attr.rs
@@ -637,9 +637,12 @@ pub fn find_string_value_in_tt(self, key: &'attr str) -> Option<&SmolStr> {
     }
 }
 
-fn any_has_attrs(
-    db: &dyn DefDatabase,
-    id: impl Lookup<Data = impl HasSource<Value = impl ast::HasAttrs>>,
+fn any_has_attrs<'db>(
+    db: &(dyn DefDatabase + 'db),
+    id: impl Lookup<
+        Database<'db> = dyn DefDatabase + 'db,
+        Data = impl HasSource<Value = impl ast::HasAttrs>,
+    >,
 ) -> InFile<ast::AnyHasAttrs> {
     id.lookup(db).source(db).map(ast::AnyHasAttrs::new)
 }
@@ -650,17 +653,17 @@ fn attrs_from_item_tree<N: ItemTreeNode>(db: &dyn DefDatabase, id: ItemTreeId<N>
     tree.raw_attrs(mod_item.into()).clone()
 }
 
-fn attrs_from_item_tree_loc<N: ItemTreeNode>(
-    db: &dyn DefDatabase,
-    lookup: impl Lookup<Data = ItemLoc<N>>,
+fn attrs_from_item_tree_loc<'db, N: ItemTreeNode>(
+    db: &(dyn DefDatabase + 'db),
+    lookup: impl Lookup<Database<'db> = dyn DefDatabase + 'db, Data = ItemLoc<N>>,
 ) -> RawAttrs {
     let id = lookup.lookup(db).id;
     attrs_from_item_tree(db, id)
 }
 
-fn attrs_from_item_tree_assoc<N: ItemTreeNode>(
-    db: &dyn DefDatabase,
-    lookup: impl Lookup<Data = AssocItemLoc<N>>,
+fn attrs_from_item_tree_assoc<'db, N: ItemTreeNode>(
+    db: &(dyn DefDatabase + 'db),
+    lookup: impl Lookup<Database<'db> = dyn DefDatabase + 'db, Data = AssocItemLoc<N>>,
 ) -> RawAttrs {
     let id = lookup.lookup(db).id;
     attrs_from_item_tree(db, id)
diff --git a/crates/hir-def/src/lib.rs b/crates/hir-def/src/lib.rs
index 2baf4607343..9a7d406dfd5 100644
--- a/crates/hir-def/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-def/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ macro_rules! eprintln {
     builtin_fn_macro::{BuiltinFnLikeExpander, EagerExpander},
     db::ExpandDatabase,
     eager::expand_eager_macro_input,
+    impl_intern_lookup,
     name::Name,
     proc_macro::{CustomProcMacroExpander, ProcMacroKind},
     AstId, ExpandError, ExpandResult, ExpandTo, HirFileId, InFile, MacroCallId, MacroCallKind,
@@ -84,11 +85,12 @@ macro_rules! eprintln {
 use stdx::impl_from;
 use syntax::{ast, AstNode};
 
-pub use hir_expand::tt;
+pub use hir_expand::{tt, Intern, Lookup};
 
 use crate::{
     builtin_type::BuiltinType,
     data::adt::VariantData,
+    db::DefDatabase,
     item_tree::{
         Const, Enum, ExternCrate, Function, Impl, ItemTreeId, ItemTreeNode, MacroDef, MacroRules,
         Static, Struct, Trait, TraitAlias, TypeAlias, Union, Use,
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ pub struct CrateRootModuleId {
 }
 
 impl CrateRootModuleId {
-    pub fn def_map(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Arc<DefMap> {
+    pub fn def_map(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Arc<DefMap> {
         db.crate_def_map(self.krate)
     }
 
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ pub struct ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl ModuleId {
-    pub fn def_map(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Arc<DefMap> {
+    pub fn def_map(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Arc<DefMap> {
         match self.block {
             Some(block) => db.block_def_map(block),
             None => db.crate_def_map(self.krate),
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ pub fn krate(self) -> CrateId {
         self.krate
     }
 
-    pub fn name(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<Name> {
+    pub fn name(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Option<Name> {
         let def_map = self.def_map(db);
         let parent = def_map[self.local_id].parent?;
         def_map[parent].children.iter().find_map(|(name, module_id)| {
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ pub fn name(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<Name> {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn containing_module(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<ModuleId> {
+    pub fn containing_module(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Option<ModuleId> {
         self.def_map(db).containing_module(self.local_id)
     }
 
@@ -264,20 +266,7 @@ fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
 macro_rules! impl_intern {
     ($id:ident, $loc:ident, $intern:ident, $lookup:ident) => {
         impl_intern_key!($id);
-
-        impl Intern for $loc {
-            type ID = $id;
-            fn intern(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> $id {
-                db.$intern(self)
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl Lookup for $id {
-            type Data = $loc;
-            fn lookup(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> $loc {
-                db.$lookup(*self)
-            }
-        }
+        impl_intern_lookup!(DefDatabase, $id, $loc, $intern, $lookup);
     };
 }
 
@@ -511,7 +500,7 @@ pub enum MacroId {
 impl_from!(Macro2Id, MacroRulesId, ProcMacroId for MacroId);
 
 impl MacroId {
-    pub fn is_attribute(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> bool {
+    pub fn is_attribute(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> bool {
         matches!(self, MacroId::ProcMacroId(it) if it.lookup(db).kind == ProcMacroKind::Attr)
     }
 }
@@ -723,7 +712,7 @@ fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
 }
 
 impl InTypeConstId {
-    pub fn source(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ast::ConstArg {
+    pub fn source(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ast::ConstArg {
         let src = self.lookup(db).id;
         let file_id = src.file_id;
         let root = &db.parse_or_expand(file_id);
@@ -743,7 +732,7 @@ pub enum GeneralConstId {
 impl_from!(ConstId, ConstBlockId, InTypeConstId for GeneralConstId);
 
 impl GeneralConstId {
-    pub fn generic_def(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<GenericDefId> {
+    pub fn generic_def(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Option<GenericDefId> {
         match self {
             GeneralConstId::ConstId(it) => Some(it.into()),
             GeneralConstId::ConstBlockId(it) => it.lookup(db).parent.as_generic_def_id(),
@@ -751,7 +740,7 @@ pub fn generic_def(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<GenericDefId> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn name(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> String {
+    pub fn name(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> String {
         match self {
             GeneralConstId::ConstId(const_id) => db
                 .const_data(const_id)
@@ -934,7 +923,7 @@ pub enum VariantId {
 impl_from!(EnumVariantId, StructId, UnionId for VariantId);
 
 impl VariantId {
-    pub fn variant_data(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Arc<VariantData> {
+    pub fn variant_data(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Arc<VariantData> {
         match self {
             VariantId::StructId(it) => db.struct_data(it).variant_data.clone(),
             VariantId::UnionId(it) => db.union_data(it).variant_data.clone(),
@@ -944,7 +933,7 @@ pub fn variant_data(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Arc<VariantData> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn file_id(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> HirFileId {
+    pub fn file_id(self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> HirFileId {
         match self {
             VariantId::EnumVariantId(it) => it.parent.lookup(db).id.file_id(),
             VariantId::StructId(it) => it.lookup(db).id.file_id(),
@@ -961,22 +950,12 @@ pub fn adt_id(self) -> AdtId {
     }
 }
 
-trait Intern {
-    type ID;
-    fn intern(self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Self::ID;
-}
-
-pub trait Lookup {
-    type Data;
-    fn lookup(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Self::Data;
-}
-
 pub trait HasModule {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId;
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId;
 }
 
 impl HasModule for ItemContainerId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match *self {
             ItemContainerId::ModuleId(it) => it,
             ItemContainerId::ImplId(it) => it.lookup(db).container,
@@ -987,13 +966,13 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl<N: ItemTreeNode> HasModule for AssocItemLoc<N> {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         self.container.module(db)
     }
 }
 
 impl HasModule for AdtId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match self {
             AdtId::StructId(it) => it.lookup(db).container,
             AdtId::UnionId(it) => it.lookup(db).container,
@@ -1003,13 +982,13 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl HasModule for ExternCrateId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         self.lookup(db).container
     }
 }
 
 impl HasModule for VariantId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match self {
             VariantId::EnumVariantId(it) => it.parent.lookup(db).container,
             VariantId::StructId(it) => it.lookup(db).container,
@@ -1019,7 +998,7 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl HasModule for MacroId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match self {
             MacroId::MacroRulesId(it) => it.lookup(db).container,
             MacroId::Macro2Id(it) => it.lookup(db).container,
@@ -1029,7 +1008,7 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl HasModule for TypeOwnerId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match self {
             TypeOwnerId::FunctionId(it) => it.lookup(db).module(db),
             TypeOwnerId::StaticId(it) => it.lookup(db).module(db),
@@ -1046,7 +1025,7 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl HasModule for DefWithBodyId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match self {
             DefWithBodyId::FunctionId(it) => it.lookup(db).module(db),
             DefWithBodyId::StaticId(it) => it.lookup(db).module(db),
@@ -1058,7 +1037,7 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl HasModule for GenericDefId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         match self {
             GenericDefId::FunctionId(it) => it.lookup(db).module(db),
             GenericDefId::AdtId(it) => it.module(db),
@@ -1073,13 +1052,13 @@ fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
 }
 
 impl HasModule for TypeAliasId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         self.lookup(db).module(db)
     }
 }
 
 impl HasModule for TraitId {
-    fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
+    fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> ModuleId {
         self.lookup(db).container
     }
 }
@@ -1088,7 +1067,7 @@ impl ModuleDefId {
     /// Returns the module containing `self` (or `self`, if `self` is itself a module).
     ///
     /// Returns `None` if `self` refers to a primitive type.
-    pub fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<ModuleId> {
+    pub fn module(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> Option<ModuleId> {
         Some(match self {
             ModuleDefId::ModuleId(id) => *id,
             ModuleDefId::FunctionId(id) => id.lookup(db).module(db),
@@ -1106,7 +1085,7 @@ pub fn module(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> Option<ModuleId> {
 }
 
 impl AttrDefId {
-    pub fn krate(&self, db: &dyn db::DefDatabase) -> CrateId {
+    pub fn krate(&self, db: &dyn DefDatabase) -> CrateId {
         match self {
             AttrDefId::ModuleId(it) => it.krate,
             AttrDefId::FieldId(it) => it.parent.module(db).krate,
@@ -1244,7 +1223,7 @@ fn macro_call_as_call_id_with_eager(
     Ok(res)
 }
 
-pub fn macro_id_to_def_id(db: &dyn db::DefDatabase, id: MacroId) -> MacroDefId {
+pub fn macro_id_to_def_id(db: &dyn DefDatabase, id: MacroId) -> MacroDefId {
     match id {
         MacroId::Macro2Id(it) => {
             let loc = it.lookup(db);
@@ -1316,7 +1295,7 @@ pub fn macro_id_to_def_id(db: &dyn db::DefDatabase, id: MacroId) -> MacroDefId {
 }
 
 fn derive_macro_as_call_id(
-    db: &dyn db::DefDatabase,
+    db: &dyn DefDatabase,
     item_attr: &AstIdWithPath<ast::Adt>,
     derive_attr_index: AttrId,
     derive_pos: u32,
@@ -1341,7 +1320,7 @@ fn derive_macro_as_call_id(
 }
 
 fn attr_macro_as_call_id(
-    db: &dyn db::DefDatabase,
+    db: &dyn DefDatabase,
     item_attr: &AstIdWithPath<ast::Item>,
     macro_attr: &Attr,
     krate: CrateId,
diff --git a/crates/hir-expand/src/eager.rs b/crates/hir-expand/src/eager.rs
index fa2100c54b7..da85c2ec7ac 100644
--- a/crates/hir-expand/src/eager.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-expand/src/eager.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     db::ExpandDatabase,
     mod_path::ModPath,
     span_map::SpanMapRef,
-    EagerCallInfo, ExpandError, ExpandResult, ExpandTo, ExpansionSpanMap, InFile, MacroCallId,
-    MacroCallKind, MacroCallLoc, MacroDefId, MacroDefKind,
+    EagerCallInfo, ExpandError, ExpandResult, ExpandTo, ExpansionSpanMap, InFile, Intern,
+    MacroCallId, MacroCallKind, MacroCallLoc, MacroDefId, MacroDefKind,
 };
 
 pub fn expand_eager_macro_input(
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ pub fn expand_eager_macro_input(
     // When `lazy_expand` is called, its *parent* file must already exist.
     // Here we store an eager macro id for the argument expanded subtree
     // for that purpose.
-    let arg_id = db.intern_macro_call(MacroCallLoc {
+    let arg_id = MacroCallLoc {
         def,
         krate,
         eager: None,
         kind: MacroCallKind::FnLike { ast_id: call_id, expand_to: ExpandTo::Expr },
         call_site,
-    });
+    }
+    .intern(db);
     let ExpandResult { value: (arg_exp, arg_exp_map), err: parse_err } =
         db.parse_macro_expansion(arg_id.as_macro_file());
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ pub fn expand_eager_macro_input(
         call_site,
     };
 
-    ExpandResult { value: Some(db.intern_macro_call(loc)), err }
+    ExpandResult { value: Some(loc.intern(db)), err }
 }
 
 fn lazy_expand(
diff --git a/crates/hir-expand/src/lib.rs b/crates/hir-expand/src/lib.rs
index 1c7e99fdf69..59796f89f03 100644
--- a/crates/hir-expand/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hir-expand/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
     builtin_attr_macro::BuiltinAttrExpander,
     builtin_derive_macro::BuiltinDeriveExpander,
     builtin_fn_macro::{BuiltinFnLikeExpander, EagerExpander},
-    db::TokenExpander,
+    db::{ExpandDatabase, TokenExpander},
     fixup::SyntaxFixupUndoInfo,
+    hygiene::SyntaxContextData,
     mod_path::ModPath,
     proc_macro::{CustomProcMacroExpander, ProcMacroKind},
     span_map::{ExpansionSpanMap, SpanMap},
@@ -70,6 +71,56 @@ pub mod tt {
     pub type TokenTree = ::tt::TokenTree<Span>;
 }
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! impl_intern_lookup {
+    ($db:ident, $id:ident, $loc:ident, $intern:ident, $lookup:ident) => {
+        impl $crate::Intern for $loc {
+            type Database<'db> = dyn $db + 'db;
+            type ID = $id;
+            fn intern<'db>(self, db: &Self::Database<'db>) -> $id {
+                db.$intern(self)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl $crate::Lookup for $id {
+            type Database<'db> = dyn $db + 'db;
+            type Data = $loc;
+            fn lookup<'db>(&self, db: &Self::Database<'db>) -> $loc {
+                db.$lookup(*self)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+// ideally these would be defined in base-db, but the orphan rule doesn't let us
+pub trait Intern {
+    type Database<'db>: ?Sized;
+    type ID;
+    fn intern<'db>(self, db: &Self::Database<'db>) -> Self::ID;
+}
+
+pub trait Lookup {
+    type Database<'db>: ?Sized;
+    type Data;
+    fn lookup<'db>(&self, db: &Self::Database<'db>) -> Self::Data;
+}
+
+impl_intern_lookup!(
+    ExpandDatabase,
+    MacroCallId,
+    MacroCallLoc,
+    intern_macro_call,
+    lookup_intern_macro_call
+);
+
+impl_intern_lookup!(
+    ExpandDatabase,
+    SyntaxContextId,
+    SyntaxContextData,
+    intern_syntax_context,
+    lookup_intern_syntax_context
+);
+
 pub type ExpandResult<T> = ValueResult<T, ExpandError>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Hash)]
@@ -180,36 +231,35 @@ pub enum MacroCallKind {
 
 pub trait HirFileIdExt {
     /// Returns the original file of this macro call hierarchy.
-    fn original_file(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileId;
+    fn original_file(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> FileId;
 
     /// Returns the original file of this macro call hierarchy while going into the included file if
     /// one of the calls comes from an `include!``.
-    fn original_file_respecting_includes(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileId;
+    fn original_file_respecting_includes(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> FileId;
 
     /// If this is a macro call, returns the syntax node of the very first macro call this file resides in.
-    fn original_call_node(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InRealFile<SyntaxNode>>;
+    fn original_call_node(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InRealFile<SyntaxNode>>;
 
     /// Return expansion information if it is a macro-expansion file
-    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Option<ExpansionInfo>;
+    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Option<ExpansionInfo>;
 
-    fn as_builtin_derive_attr_node(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase)
-        -> Option<InFile<ast::Attr>>;
+    fn as_builtin_derive_attr_node(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InFile<ast::Attr>>;
 }
 
 impl HirFileIdExt for HirFileId {
-    fn original_file(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileId {
+    fn original_file(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> FileId {
         let mut file_id = self;
         loop {
             match file_id.repr() {
                 HirFileIdRepr::FileId(id) => break id,
                 HirFileIdRepr::MacroFile(MacroFileId { macro_call_id }) => {
-                    file_id = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(macro_call_id).kind.file_id();
+                    file_id = macro_call_id.lookup(db).kind.file_id();
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    fn original_file_respecting_includes(mut self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileId {
+    fn original_file_respecting_includes(mut self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> FileId {
         loop {
             match self.repr() {
                 HirFileIdRepr::FileId(id) => break id,
@@ -232,7 +282,7 @@ fn original_file_respecting_includes(mut self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> F
         }
     }
 
-    fn original_call_node(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InRealFile<SyntaxNode>> {
+    fn original_call_node(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InRealFile<SyntaxNode>> {
         let mut call = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_file()?.macro_call_id).to_node(db);
         loop {
             match call.file_id.repr() {
@@ -247,14 +297,11 @@ fn original_call_node(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InRealFile<Sy
     }
 
     /// Return expansion information if it is a macro-expansion file
-    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Option<ExpansionInfo> {
+    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Option<ExpansionInfo> {
         Some(ExpansionInfo::new(db, self.macro_file()?))
     }
 
-    fn as_builtin_derive_attr_node(
-        &self,
-        db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase,
-    ) -> Option<InFile<ast::Attr>> {
+    fn as_builtin_derive_attr_node(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Option<InFile<ast::Attr>> {
         let macro_file = self.macro_file()?;
         let loc: MacroCallLoc = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(macro_file.macro_call_id);
         let attr = match loc.def.kind {
@@ -266,32 +313,32 @@ fn as_builtin_derive_attr_node(
 }
 
 pub trait MacroFileIdExt {
-    fn expansion_level(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> u32;
+    fn expansion_level(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> u32;
     /// If this is a macro call, returns the syntax node of the call.
-    fn call_node(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<SyntaxNode>;
+    fn call_node(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<SyntaxNode>;
 
-    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> ExpansionInfo;
+    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> ExpansionInfo;
 
-    fn is_builtin_derive(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
-    fn is_custom_derive(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
+    fn is_builtin_derive(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
+    fn is_custom_derive(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
 
     /// Return whether this file is an include macro
-    fn is_include_macro(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
+    fn is_include_macro(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
 
-    fn is_eager(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
+    fn is_eager(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
     /// Return whether this file is an attr macro
-    fn is_attr_macro(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
+    fn is_attr_macro(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
 
     /// Return whether this file is the pseudo expansion of the derive attribute.
     /// See [`crate::builtin_attr_macro::derive_attr_expand`].
-    fn is_derive_attr_pseudo_expansion(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
+    fn is_derive_attr_pseudo_expansion(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool;
 }
 
 impl MacroFileIdExt for MacroFileId {
-    fn call_node(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<SyntaxNode> {
+    fn call_node(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<SyntaxNode> {
         db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id).to_node(db)
     }
-    fn expansion_level(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> u32 {
+    fn expansion_level(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> u32 {
         let mut level = 0;
         let mut macro_file = self;
         loop {
@@ -306,39 +353,39 @@ fn expansion_level(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> u32 {
     }
 
     /// Return expansion information if it is a macro-expansion file
-    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> ExpansionInfo {
+    fn expansion_info(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> ExpansionInfo {
         ExpansionInfo::new(db, self)
     }
 
-    fn is_custom_derive(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
+    fn is_custom_derive(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
         matches!(
             db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id).def.kind,
             MacroDefKind::ProcMacro(_, ProcMacroKind::CustomDerive, _)
         )
     }
 
-    fn is_builtin_derive(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
+    fn is_builtin_derive(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
         matches!(
             db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id).def.kind,
             MacroDefKind::BuiltInDerive(..)
         )
     }
 
-    fn is_include_macro(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
+    fn is_include_macro(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
         db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id).def.is_include()
     }
 
-    fn is_eager(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
+    fn is_eager(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
         let loc: MacroCallLoc = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id);
         matches!(loc.def.kind, MacroDefKind::BuiltInEager(..))
     }
 
-    fn is_attr_macro(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
+    fn is_attr_macro(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
         let loc: MacroCallLoc = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id);
         matches!(loc.kind, MacroCallKind::Attr { .. })
     }
 
-    fn is_derive_attr_pseudo_expansion(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
+    fn is_derive_attr_pseudo_expansion(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
         let loc: MacroCallLoc = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(self.macro_call_id);
         loc.def.is_attribute_derive()
     }
@@ -347,15 +394,15 @@ fn is_derive_attr_pseudo_expansion(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> bool {
 impl MacroDefId {
     pub fn as_lazy_macro(
         self,
-        db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase,
+        db: &dyn ExpandDatabase,
         krate: CrateId,
         kind: MacroCallKind,
         call_site: Span,
     ) -> MacroCallId {
-        db.intern_macro_call(MacroCallLoc { def: self, krate, eager: None, kind, call_site })
+        MacroCallLoc { def: self, krate, eager: None, kind, call_site }.intern(db)
     }
 
-    pub fn definition_range(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<TextRange> {
+    pub fn definition_range(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<TextRange> {
         match self.kind {
             MacroDefKind::Declarative(id)
             | MacroDefKind::BuiltIn(_, id)
@@ -420,7 +467,7 @@ pub fn is_include(&self) -> bool {
 }
 
 impl MacroCallLoc {
-    pub fn span(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Span {
+    pub fn span(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> Span {
         let ast_id = self.kind.erased_ast_id();
         let file_id = self.kind.file_id();
         let range = db.ast_id_map(file_id).get_erased(ast_id).text_range();
@@ -432,7 +479,7 @@ pub fn span(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> Span {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn to_node(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<SyntaxNode> {
+    pub fn to_node(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<SyntaxNode> {
         match self.kind {
             MacroCallKind::FnLike { ast_id, .. } => {
                 ast_id.with_value(ast_id.to_node(db).syntax().clone())
@@ -510,7 +557,7 @@ fn erased_ast_id(&self) -> ErasedFileAstId {
     /// Returns the original file range that best describes the location of this macro call.
     ///
     /// Unlike `MacroCallKind::original_call_range`, this also spans the item of attributes and derives.
-    pub fn original_call_range_with_body(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileRange {
+    pub fn original_call_range_with_body(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> FileRange {
         let mut kind = self;
         let file_id = loop {
             match kind.file_id().repr() {
@@ -535,7 +582,7 @@ pub fn original_call_range_with_body(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileR
     /// Here we try to roughly match what rustc does to improve diagnostics: fn-like macros
     /// get the whole `ast::MacroCall`, attribute macros get the attribute's range, and derives
     /// get only the specific derive that is being referred to.
-    pub fn original_call_range(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileRange {
+    pub fn original_call_range(self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> FileRange {
         let mut kind = self;
         let file_id = loop {
             match kind.file_id().repr() {
@@ -574,7 +621,7 @@ pub fn original_call_range(self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> FileRange {
         FileRange { range, file_id }
     }
 
-    fn arg(&self, db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<Option<SyntaxNode>> {
+    fn arg(&self, db: &dyn ExpandDatabase) -> InFile<Option<SyntaxNode>> {
         match self {
             MacroCallKind::FnLike { ast_id, .. } => {
                 ast_id.to_in_file_node(db).map(|it| Some(it.token_tree()?.syntax().clone()))
@@ -631,7 +678,7 @@ pub fn map_range_down<'a>(
     /// Looks up the span at the given offset.
     pub fn span_for_offset(
         &self,
-        db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase,
+        db: &dyn ExpandDatabase,
         offset: TextSize,
     ) -> (FileRange, SyntaxContextId) {
         debug_assert!(self.expanded.value.text_range().contains(offset));
@@ -647,7 +694,7 @@ pub fn span_for_offset(
     /// Maps up the text range out of the expansion hierarchy back into the original file its from.
     pub fn map_node_range_up(
         &self,
-        db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase,
+        db: &dyn ExpandDatabase,
         range: TextRange,
     ) -> Option<(FileRange, SyntaxContextId)> {
         debug_assert!(self.expanded.value.text_range().contains_range(range));
@@ -677,7 +724,7 @@ pub fn map_node_range_up(
     /// Maps up the text range out of the expansion into is macro call.
     pub fn map_range_up_once(
         &self,
-        db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase,
+        db: &dyn ExpandDatabase,
         token: TextRange,
     ) -> InFile<smallvec::SmallVec<[TextRange; 1]>> {
         debug_assert!(self.expanded.value.text_range().contains_range(token));
@@ -706,7 +753,7 @@ pub fn map_range_up_once(
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new(db: &dyn db::ExpandDatabase, macro_file: MacroFileId) -> ExpansionInfo {
+    pub fn new(db: &dyn ExpandDatabase, macro_file: MacroFileId) -> ExpansionInfo {
         let loc: MacroCallLoc = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(macro_file.macro_call_id);
 
         let arg_tt = loc.kind.arg(db);
diff --git a/crates/hir/src/lib.rs b/crates/hir/src/lib.rs
index ec15aad1c49..f74aeb8a8ff 100644
--- a/crates/hir/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hir/src/lib.rs
@@ -2786,9 +2786,13 @@ fn as_assoc_item(self, db: &dyn HirDatabase) -> Option<AssocItem> {
     }
 }
 
-fn as_assoc_item<ID, DEF, CTOR, AST>(db: &dyn HirDatabase, ctor: CTOR, id: ID) -> Option<AssocItem>
+fn as_assoc_item<'db, ID, DEF, CTOR, AST>(
+    db: &(dyn HirDatabase + 'db),
+    ctor: CTOR,
+    id: ID,
+) -> Option<AssocItem>
 where
-    ID: Lookup<Data = AssocItemLoc<AST>>,
+    ID: Lookup<Database<'db> = dyn DefDatabase + 'db, Data = AssocItemLoc<AST>>,
     DEF: From<ID>,
     CTOR: FnOnce(DEF) -> AssocItem,
     AST: ItemTreeNode,
@@ -3522,7 +3526,7 @@ pub fn as_builtin_derive_path(self, db: &dyn HirDatabase) -> Option<InMacroFile<
         let src = self.source(db)?;
 
         let macro_file = src.file_id.macro_file()?;
-        let loc = db.lookup_intern_macro_call(macro_file.macro_call_id);
+        let loc = macro_file.macro_call_id.lookup(db.upcast());
         let (derive_attr, derive_index) = match loc.kind {
             MacroCallKind::Derive { ast_id, derive_attr_index, derive_index } => {
                 let module_id = self.id.lookup(db.upcast()).container;
diff --git a/crates/hir/src/symbols.rs b/crates/hir/src/symbols.rs
index a2a30edeb03..ad214e1b80e 100644
--- a/crates/hir/src/symbols.rs
+++ b/crates/hir/src/symbols.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use base_db::FileRange;
 use hir_def::{
+    db::DefDatabase,
     item_scope::ItemInNs,
     src::{HasChildSource, HasSource},
     AdtId, AssocItemId, DefWithBodyId, HasModule, ImplId, Lookup, MacroId, ModuleDefId, ModuleId,
@@ -274,9 +275,9 @@ fn push_assoc_item(&mut self, assoc_item_id: AssocItemId) {
         }
     }
 
-    fn push_decl<L>(&mut self, id: L, is_assoc: bool)
+    fn push_decl<'db, L>(&mut self, id: L, is_assoc: bool)
     where
-        L: Lookup + Into<ModuleDefId>,
+        L: Lookup<Database<'db> = dyn DefDatabase + 'db> + Into<ModuleDefId>,
         <L as Lookup>::Data: HasSource,
         <<L as Lookup>::Data as HasSource>::Value: HasName,
     {