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get into

verb
  1. To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it. · She got into the car.
  2. To put on (an item of clothing). · I'm soaking wet. I need to get into some dry clothes.
  3. To reach into or interact with (an object). · The small child got into everything.
  4. To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something). · He got into politics.· My sister has got into flower arranging recently.
  5. To enter (an unfavourable state). · How did we get into such a mess?
  6. To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess. · I don't know what's gotten into that child.
  7. To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
  8. To penetrate (someone) sexually.
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He approached the window, and saw his father get into it, and drive away.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 919 · C1
However, I’ve got back to my right size: the next thing is, to get into that beautiful garden—how _is_ that to be done, I wonder?” As she said this, she came suddenly upon an open place, with a little house in it about four feet high.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 38 · B2
First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers—she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that _would_ always get into her eyes—and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister’s dream.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 97 · B2
“Now, don’t get into a fluster.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 81 · C1

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