to interrupt someone when they are talking or thinking
to start doing something
to start to have success in your career or an area of activity
to start to use an amount of money
Christopher’s voice broke into her thoughts.
I almost expected him to break into song.
It’s always been his ambition to break into broadcasting.
Michael Masters was giving her a time, and a day, to break into his house and take his pistols.
My legs were shaking with exhaustion, but Phil hadn’t even broken into a sweat.
Suddenly I was aware that his neatly parted grey hair was a wig, a discovery which triggered an irrational urge to break into laughter.
The children saw the sea and broke into a run.
Through the wall, fifteen or so Kurds begin a heated argument, and then spontaneously break into rousing song.
We had to break into our savings to pay the fine.
We see the deal with China as a way of breaking into markets in the Far East.
We watched her puzzled face break gently into a smile.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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