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break into

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En español: forzar la entrada, violentar, descerrajar, irrumpir

  1. To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime. (transitive) · Somebody broke into his car and stole his tools and CDs.· Hackers broke into the bank's computer system and stole customer data.
  2. To open or begin to use. (transitive) · I finally broke into the second package of cookies.
  3. To successfully enter a profession or business. (transitive) · He hopes to break into show business.
  4. To begin suddenly. (transitive) · The horse broke into a gallop as they neared the barn.· I just broke into tears while talking to my mom.
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A THIEF came in the night to break into a house.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 70 · B2
“Is it not extraordinary that a burglar—and a burglar who had had some previous experience—should deliberately break into a house at a time when he could see from the lights that two of the family were still afoot?”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 41 · B2
To follow them and break into their intimate conversation seemed to be an outrage, and yet my clear duty was never for an instant to let him out of my sight.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 107 · C1
“He’ll break into no house, sir.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 130 · C1

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