to enter a building by force, especially in order to steal things
to help someone get used to something new, for example a new job
to interrupt when someone is talking
to make new shoes or clothes comfortable by wearing them
to train a horse that is young or wild
At one's own parties, she pointed out, one was entitled to break in on any conversation.
It said the precise time of the break-in had not been communicated.
Parson Hooper put the investigation of the church break-in in the hands of the police.
Someone had broken in through the bedroom window.
The abrupt break in his downward momentum felt like the intercession of God.
There was a break in the hedge which had been stopped with a hurdle that now lay on its side.
There was for a while a lull in the assault, since the attempt to break in through the culvert had been foiled.
There'd been no break-in here; everything had been done in a civilized manner - which made it all the more sinister.
You said there were no signs of a break-in or forced entry of any kind.
a stiff pair of boots that took weeks to break in
‘Hilary,’ he broke in gently, ‘I’m just trying to help.’
breaks in
breaking in
broke in
broken in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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