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(phrasal verb) to force one’s way into somewhere

Example Sentences:

The family was worried after the break-in on the weekend.

Someone broke-in to my apartment and stole my laptop!

I had to get an alarm put into my car after someone kept breaking-in to steal my CDs.

Media:


break-in

Similar idioms:

  1. break down
  2. false alarm
  3. pull through
  4. steal someone’s thunder

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