'break in' definitions:
Definition of 'break in'
From: WordNet
verb
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?" [syn: break in, break]
verb
Break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" [syn: chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in]
verb
Start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
verb
Intrude on uninvited; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
verb
Break so as to fall inward; "He broke in the door"
verb
Make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" [syn: break in, break]
Synonyms of 'break in'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimate,
- acclimatize,
- accommodate,
- accustom,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- admit,
- apprentice,
- barge in,
- be admitted,
- breach,
- break,
- break in upon,
- break into,
- break open,
- break through,
- break to harness,
- breaking and entering,
- breed,
- breeze in,
- bring up,
- burglarizing,
- burglary,
- burst in,
- bust,
- bust in,
- butt in,
- case harden,
- cave in,
- charge in,
- chime in,
- chip in,
- come barging in,
- come between,
- come breezing in,
- come busting in,
- come in,
- condition,
- confirm,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- cross the threshold,
- crowd in,
- cultivate,
- cut in,
- develop,
- discipline,
- domesticate,
- domesticize,
- drill,
- drop in,
- edge in,
- elbow in,
- encroach,
- enter,
- entrench,
- establish,
- exercise,
- familiarize,
- fetch up,
- fit,
- fix,
- foist in,
- force open,
- form,
- foster,
- gain admittance,
- gentle,
- get going,
- get in,
- get in there,
- get off,
- get squared away,
- get under way,
- go in,
- go into,
- groom,
- habituate,
- harden,
- have an entree,
- have an in,
- hop in,
- horn in,
- house-train,
- housebreak,
- housebreaking,
- impinge,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- improve,
- infiltrate,
- infringe,
- insert,
- insinuate,
- interfere,
- interlope,
- interpose,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- intrude,
- inure,
- invade,
- irrupt,
- jam in,
- jump in,
- lick into shape,
- look in,
- make a beginning,
- make a move,
- naturalize,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- obtrude,
- orient,
- orientate,
- pack in,
- pop in,
- practice,
- prepare,
- press in,
- prize open,
- push in,
- put in,
- put in tune,
- put on,
- put to school,
- put upon,
- raise,
- ready,
- rear,
- rehearse,
- rupture,
- rush in,
- safeblowing,
- safebreaking,
- safecracking,
- season,
- send to school,
- set a course,
- set foot in,
- slink in,
- slip in,
- smash in,
- sneak in,
- split open,
- squeeze in,
- start up,
- steal in,
- step in,
- storm in,
- stove in,
- take in,
- take in hand,
- tame,
- tear open,
- throng in,
- thrust in,
- train,
- trench,
- trespass,
- unlawful entry,
- visit,
- warm up,
- wedge in,
- wont,
- work in,
- worm in
Words containing 'break in'
- Break,
- Breaking,
- To break,
- To break down,
- To break from,
- To break in,
- To break into,
- To break of,
- To break off,
- To break off from,
- To break out,
- To break over,
- To break through,
- To break up,
- To break with,
- break down,
- break into,
- break off,
- break out,
- break through,
- break up,
- break with,
- breaking off,
- breaks,
- Break-up,
- Hammer break,
- Make and break,
- Sabbath breaking,
- To break a code,
- To break a deer,
- To break a house,
- To break a jest,
- To break a lance,
- To break a path,
- To break a stag,
- To break away,
- To break bulk,
- To break cover,
- To break fast,
- To break forth,
- To break gates,
- To break ground,
- To break in upon,
- To break jail,
- To break joints,
- To break loose,
- To break no squares,
- To break open,
- To break out a cargo,
- To break sheer,
- To break squares,
- To break the back,
- To break the heart,
- To break the heart of,
- To break the ice,
- To break the neck,
- To break the neck of,
- To break the record,
- To break upon,
- To break wind,
- To-break,
- break apart,
- break away,
- break bread,
- break camp,
- break dance,
- break dancer,
- break dancing,
- break even,
- break forth,
- break ground,
- break loose,
- break of day,
- break of serve,
- break of the day,
- break open,
- break seal,
- break short,
- break the ice,
- break the law,
- break the news,
- break water,
- break wind,
- break-in,
- breaking and entering,
- breaking away,
- breaking ball,
- breaking point,
- breaking wind,
- coffee break,
- fast break,
- service break,
- spring break,
- tax break,
- tea break,
- Break-circuit,
- Stone-break,
- To break one's fast,
- To break upon a wheel,
- Wind-break,
- break one's back,
- break someone's heart,
- break-axe,
- break-dance,
- code-breaking,
- fast-breaking,
- law-breaking,
- prison-breaking,
- record-breaking,
- arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome