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break into

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. break intoverb

    express or utter spontaneously

    "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears"

  2. break intoverb

    change pace

    "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"

Wiktionary

  1. break intoverb

    To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.

  2. break intoverb

    To open or begin to use.

  3. break intoverb

    To successfully enter a profession or business.

  4. break intoverb

    To begin suddenly.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of break into in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of break into in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of break into in a Sentence

  1. Stuart Theobald:

    It's an amazing story of how some retailers and farmers managed to break into South Africa's banking oligopoly, where very few had succeeded historically.

  2. Armistead Whitney:

    It’s no longer college kids just trying to show they can break into a network, it’s now rogue nations. It’s rogue individuals, rogue groups, that are actually using cyber attacks as a way to promote their agenda.

  3. Carl Pray:

    The only way they might be able to break into the market is if their technology fees are going to be cheaper than Monsanto.

  4. Jonathan Fischer:

    If someone was to try and break into my home, and especially if someone were armed, I don’t want to fight back with a kitchen knife, and I don’t think that’s extremist or crazy.

  5. Becky Leaper:

    Me and my husband found it really funny the first time, and then the second time my husband thought someone was trying to break into our car so he opened the window and then burst out laughing. The tree then walked all the way up our drive and put a candy cane on the van as well, then went up to our neighbors.


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