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    broken-in

    adjective

    • 1. comfortable through habitual use or familiarity: "a pair of well broken-in shoes"

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  2. : to enter something (such as a building or computer system) without consent or by force. 2. a. : intrude. break in upon his privacy. : to interrupt a conversation. 3. : to start in an activity or enterprise.

  3. BREAK SOMEONE IN definition: 1. If you break someone in, you train them to do a new job or activity: 2. to wear new shoes or…. Learn more.

  4. to get into a building or car using force, usually to steal something: The burglars broke in through the kitchen window. My car's been broken into twice this month. Fewer examples. The burglars disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to break into the house. He had to break into the house because his girlfriend had locked him out.

  5. BREAK SOMEONE IN meaning: 1. If you break someone in, you train them to do a new job or activity: 2. to wear new shoes or…. Learn more.

  6. If you break in something new, you gradually use or wear it for longer and longer periods until it is ready to be used or worn all the time. When breaking in an engine, you should refrain from high speed for the first thousand miles.

  7. Definition of break in phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Definition of break-in noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.