Break Into

Definition: Break Into

Break Into

Verb

1. Express or utter spontaneously: "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears".

2. Change pace; "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Ingress

Verb: have the entree; enter; go into, go in, come into, come in, pour into, pour in, flow into, flow in, creep into, creep in, slip into, slip in, pop into, pop in, break into, break in, burst into, burst in; set foot on; ingress; burst in upon, break in upon; invade, intrude; insinuate itself; interpenetrate, penetrate; infiltrate; find one's way into, wriggle into, worm oneself into.

Crosswords: Break Into

A burglar tried to break into my friend's house, fell through a skylight, and cut his leg on a knife on the kitchen counter. (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur)

You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries. (Harold and Maude; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

Do you know how hard it is trying to break into show business? (Girls on Top; writing credit: Dawn French; Jennifer Saunders)

The brutal bungalow of the Blinking Buzzards, a bold bad bunch of blood-thirsty bandits who would break into a bank, blow a battleship to bits or beat up a blue eyed baby blonde. (The 'High Sign'; writing credit: Edward F. Cline; Buster Keaton)

Well, I'm sorry about that Jim but I had my client's interests to protect and you did break into that hotel room. (The Rockford Files; writing credit: Rahel Fabian; Moshé Mizrahi)

The beat the break into boogie (Feel Me Flow; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

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Books

• How You Can Break Into the Music Business: Without Breaking Your Heart, Your Dream, or Your Bank Account! (Rev) (reference)

• Bravura or Naivete? Two New Companies Attempt to Break into the PC Market [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• 24-Carat Commercials for Kids: Everything Kids Need to Know to Break into Commercials (Hollywood 101) (reference)

• Wake Me When It's Funny: How to Break into Show Business and Stay There (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Model's Boot Camp: How To Break Into Modeling and TV Commericals The Right Way (reference)

• How To Break Into Show Business Without Breaking Your Heart (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Should a robber break into my house, and with a dagger at my throat make me seal deeds to convey my estate to him, would this give him any title? Just such a title, by his sword, has an unjust conqueror, who forces me into submission. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They watched Pa, waiting for him to break into fury.

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Health

As more lung tissue is destroyed and the granulomas expand, cavities in the lungs develop, and sometimes break into larger airways called bronchi. (references)

At other times, blisters appear that may be very small and barely noticeable, or they may break into open sores that crust over and then disappear. (references)

The second stage starts when one or more areas of the skin break into a rash that usually does not itch. Rashes can appear as the chancre is fading or can be delayed for weeks. (references)

Business

This could be the best opportunity for American telecom suppliers trying to break into a somewhat closed market. (references)

Great patience, sensitivity to the Thai business and political culture, perseverance and commitment are crucial qualities needed to successfully break into the Thai market. (references)

Economic History

Cape Verde

It is advisable that a company attempting to break into the market retain a person resident in Cape Verde who should be fluent in Portuguese. (references)

Australia

Despite deregulation of the airline industry twelve years ago, attempts by others to break into the market have met with failure or limited success. (references)

Barbados

U.S. companies trying to break into the market would be best advised to find a local agent/distributor and to make a long-term commitment to exporting to the region. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

The Constitution contains provisions against arbitrary entrance into one's home; however, police sometimes break into private quarters without cause to search for suspects, and the authorities infringe on citizens' privacy rights in other ways as well. (references)

Travel

Spain

There is no substitute for face-to-face meetings with Spanish business representatives to break into this market. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "break into": break into a chord ♦ break into a gallop ♦ break into a laugh ♦ break into a song ♦ break into a trot ♦ break into applause ♦ break into blossom ♦ break into laughter ♦ break into perspiration ♦ break into pieces ♦ break into segment ♦ break into song ♦ break into tears ♦ To break into. Additional references.

Afrikaans

aanbreek (begin, break, broach, commence, cut, cut into, start). (various references)

Albanian

them (be good at, begin to play, begin to sing, break into a song, call, give voice to, go, impart, know, name, refer, say, speak, talk, tell). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إقتحم (break, break through, get into a rut, storm). (various references)

Chinese 

碎 (cliff, fragmentary, to break down, to break into pieces), � �獲 . (various references)

Czech

vylomit (break up), vloupat se do. (various references)

Dutch

aanspreken (accost, address, sue), aanbreken (begin, broach, commence, cut into, start). (various references)

Esperanto

ekkonsumi (broach, cut into), depreni de. (various references)

Finnish

pirstoutua (break into shivers, shatter). (various references)

French

faire sauter, entamer (break down, broach). (various references)

German

anbrechen (begin, broach, close in, commence, crack, cut into, dawn, fall, open, start). (various references)

Greek 

κάνω διάρρηξη (burgle). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחתור (break through, dig under, subvert, undermine). (various references)

Hungarian

betör (break in, burgle, invade, to break in, to bulge in, to bung, to burglarize, to burgle, to crack, to foray, to invade, to niche, to smash, wear in), rákezd (to switch on). (various references)

Indonesian

menggerodak (clatter about, enter, rumble), membobol. (various references)

Italian

irrompere (burst, burst into). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

駆け出す (to break into a run, to run off, to start running), 駈け出す (to break into a run, to run off, to start running), �'す (to break into, to damage, to devastate, to invade, to lay waste), �'らす (to break into, to damage, to devastate, to invade, to lay waste), �'らし回る (to break into, to rampage), 踏み込む (to break into, to raid, to step into), 討ち入る　 (to break into a house to kill the master, to raid), 討ち入る (to break into, to raid), 粉粉になる (to break into fragments, to go to pieces), �"っ� く (to break into pieces, to chip off), 入る　 (to break into, to enroll, to enter, to join), 入る (to accommodate, to break into, to come in, to contain, to enroll, to enter, to flow into, to get in, to go in, to have, to hold, to join, to set, to set in), 叩き割る (to break into pieces, to smash). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たたきわる (to break into pieces, to smash), うちいる (to break into, to raid), ぶっかく (Buddhist temple, to break into pieces, to chip off), ふみ�"む (to break into, to raid, to step into), かけ� す (to break into a run, to run off, to start running), �"な�"なになる (to break into fragments, to go to pieces), あらす (to break into, to damage, to devastate, to invade, to lay waste), あらしまわる (to break into, to rampage), はいる (banishment, exile, to accommodate, to break into, to contain, to enroll, to enter, to have, to hold, to join). (various references)

Pig Latin

eakbray intoay

Portuguese

assaltar (assail, assault, attack, beset, burgle, foray, garotte, garrotte, hijack, lay hands on, oppugn, overrun, overtake, rob, strike). (various references)

Romanian

intra cu forţa în. (various references)

Russian 

мелко щепать (break into matchwood), перейти на рысь (break into a trot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

provaliti (break down, burst in, fall in, lance). (various references)

Spanish

forzar una morada, forzar (break in, coerce, compel, draft, draught, drive, force, hot up, oblige, pick, run, sally, strain, stretch, twist). (various references)

Turkish

basmak (affix, attack suddenly, catch, come on, come upon, flood, flow, foray, impress, imprint, irrupt, jam, letter, press, print, publish, raid, sink, spit, spit out, stamp, stencil, step, step on, stomp, strike, strike off, transfer, tread, tread on, utter, weigh), zorla girmek (break in, irrupt, obtrude, storm), tecâvüz etmek (abuse, aggress, assault, attack, encroach, encroach on, entrench upon, impinge, infringe, interfere with, intrude, outrage, overstep, rape, ravish, shame, trench on, trench upon, trespass, violate), lafa karışmak (barge in, break in, strike in), hırsızlık yapmak (heist, Rob, steal, thieve), dalmak (barge, bathe, be absorbed in, be lost in thought, be wraped up in, bounce, break, conk, contemplate, cut into, dip, dive, drop, drowse off, duck, engross, groove, jut into, lose oneself in, meditate, muse, nip in, pitch into, plummet, plunge, pore, pore over, rush in, rush into, sail in, sink, sink into). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: baritone, obtainer, reobtain, taborine.

-2 letters: baronet, beatnik, bornite, keratin, niobate, reboant, reitbok, taborin.

-3 letters: aroint, atoner, baiter, banker, banter, barite, beknot, binate, boater, bonier, bonita, borane, borate, broken, intake, kation, norite, obtain, orient, ornate, ratine, ration, rebait, rebato, reknit, retain, retina, tanker, terbia, tinker, tonier, troika.

-4 letters: abort, antre, atone, bairn, baker, baron, batik.

+2 letters: cabinetwork, debarkation, embarkation.

+3 letters: cabinetworks, debarkations, embarkations.

+4 letters: backcountries, skateboarding, thrombokinase, troublemaking.

+5 letters: disembarkation, skateboardings, thrombokinases, troublemakings.