Idiom
break into
Meaning
To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Someone tried to break into my car last night.”
“The police arrived quickly after the alarm sounded when the thieves tried to break into the jewelry store.”
“The security system failed to detect the intruder who managed to break into the high-security vault during the middle of the night.”
Examples
simple
“Someone tried to break into my car last night.”
contextual
“The police arrived quickly after the alarm sounded when the thieves tried to break into the jewelry store.”
complex
“The security system failed to detect the intruder who managed to break into the high-security vault during the middle of the night.”
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