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to enter a house or building by force usually with illegal intent
- the burglars broke in by smashing a window
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to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion
- he rudely broke in to drop the names of several celebrities that he had met
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“Break in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break%20in. Accessed 8 May. 2021.
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The first known use of break in was circa 1535
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