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break into
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Princeton's WordNet
break intoverb
express or utter spontaneously
"break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears"
break intoverb
change pace
"The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"
Wiktionary
break intoverb
To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
break intoverb
To open or begin to use.
break intoverb
To successfully enter a profession or business.
break intoverb
To begin suddenly.
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break into
To break into generally means to forcefully gain entry into a particular place or system without authorization, typically for illegal purposes such as theft. It can also refer to starting or beginning a new activity or profession, or to interrupt something.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of break into in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of break into in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of break into in a Sentence
We stood vigil outside of the house for about five hours, iCE was trying to persuade Daniela to come out of the house. Of course, she refused. They went and got a search warrant. ... Then they decided to break into the house and confront her.
Email is and will remain a cornerstone of the workplace culture, certainly, lots of companies are trying to break into that space with productivity tools, but email is not going anywhere.
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.
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.
I grabbed my son and tried to break into one of the local buildings, but I couldn’t, i kept running and ran into an alley and put my son in a garbage dumpster, so he could be safe.
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