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Break in has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

"Someone broke in while I was on vacation"

"They broke into my car and stole my radio!"

"who broke into my account last night?"

2

break into a conversation

"her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"

3

start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role

4

intrude on uninvited

"The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"

5

break so as to fall inward

"He broke in the door"

6

make submissive, obedient, or useful

"The horse was tough to break"

"I broke in the new intern"

7

To enter a place by force or illicit means.

Example Sentences
"Someone broke in while I was on vacation" verb
"They broke into my car and stole my radio!" verb
"who broke into my account last night?" verb
"her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" verb
"The nosy couple broke in on our conversation" verb
"He broke in the door" verb
"The horse was tough to break" verb
"I broke in the new intern" verb
See Also
entering break and enter burglary breaking and entering bust break into breaking in obedient
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
trespass interrupt get down intrude break domesticate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crack interrupt stave in
Rhyming Words
ad in go in be in as in do in box in toe in mix in ink in eat in die in see in fox in run in lie in dob in set in get in let in dip in
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