Break into meaning
Break into is a phrasal verb that means to suddenly start performing a particular action.
- Past simple
- broke into
- Past participle
- broken into
- -ing form
- breaking into
What break into means
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To suddenly start performing a particular action
The audience broke into applause.
Similar phrasal verbs
With break: break off, break up, break out, break down.
With into: get into, patch into, let something into something, look into, make something into something, pull into, put something into something, read something into something, rip into, go into.
Common questions
What does break into mean?
To suddenly start performing a particular action.
What is the past tense of break into?
Broke into. The past participle is broken into.
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