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break in
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Princeton's WordNet
housebreaking, break-in, breaking and enteringverb
trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent
break in, breakverb
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?"
chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break inverb
break into a conversation
"her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
break inverb
start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
break inverb
intrude on uninvited
"The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
break inverb
break so as to fall inward
"He broke in the door"
break in, breakverb
make submissive, obedient, or useful
"The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
Wiktionary
break inverb
To enter a place by force or illicit means.
break inverb
To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear
break inverb
To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.
ChatGPT
break in
A break-in typically refers to the act of forcibly entering a property, such as a house, office, or store, without consent, usually with the intention to commit illegal activities such as burglary. However, it can also refer to the process of adjusting or wearing something new until it becomes comfortable, like breaking in a new pair of shoes or a new car engine. The context will generally define the meaning.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of break in in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of break in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of break in in a Sentence
If you're a new brand to the market, you don't want to train your consumer to wait for a sale but you also need to use this holiday to break in with a top spending consumer, in the end, you want the consumer to come back and pay full price.
There's not a lot of whitespace left that isn't being taken up by passive funds or well-established active funds. Unless it's a fund manager starting up his own shop, the only way for most funds to break in is to market a more sophisticated strategy.
I think we've actually, through this process, discovered a better way to do the regular TV season, which is do a faster pre-production and get a little break in September to kind of reset yourself, it was a happy accident.
One of the things that has helped emerging markets was the synchronised improvement in global growth - you had both developed markets growth and emerging markets growth - and that is being challenged by concerns about global trade wars, we could see a structural break in how some of the most important allies, i.e. Europe and the U.S., trade with each other, and that's not positive for some of the major emerging markets.
It was a great match for me, i got lucky to have an early break in each set and I'm really happy about the match I played today.
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