break into

phrase

1

: to begin with or as if with a sudden throwing off of restraint

broke into tears

face breaking into a smile

the horse breaks into a gallop

2

: to make entry or entrance into

broke into the house

break into show business

3

: interrupt

break into a TV program with a news flash

Examples of break into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Released on January 10, 2025, Ad Vitam broke into Netflix’s top ten for non-English language films, generating some 54 million views, within the first month of its availability on the platform. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

Workers found the cases broken into and the items, detailed in photos, missing. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Voice phishing has helped criminals break into other corporate cloud accounts. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The company under the most commercial pressure to ship its next model just told the market that the model may be able to break into hardened systems on its own. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for break into

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue