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break in

English

  1. 🔊 make submissive, obedient, or useful
    “The horse was tough to break”
  2. 🔊 break so as to fall inward
    “He broke in the door”
  3. 🔊 start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
  4. 🔊 intrude on uninvited
    “The nosy couple broke in on our conversation”
  5. 🔊 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”
  6. 🔊 break into a conversation
    “her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ahormar to break in
  2. 🔊 entrar to break in
  3. 🔊 descerrajar to break in, break into, break through (a locked door)

Similar words

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