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BREAK INTO

Pronunciation (US):

• BREAK INTO (verb)
The verb BREAK INTO has 2 senses:

1. express or utter spontaneously
2. change pace

Familiarity information: BREAK INTO used as a verb is rare.

• BREAK INTO (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Express or utter spontaneously

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context examples:

break into a yodel / break into a song / break into tears

Hypernyms (to "break into" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Change pace

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context examples:

The dancers broke into a cha-cha / The horse broke into a gallop

Hypernyms (to "break into" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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(English proverb)
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(Albanian proverb)
"Give your friend your blood and money."
(Arabic proverb)
"Do not wake sleeping dogs."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of emit
Pronunciation of let loose
Definition of utter
Pronunciation of change
Definition of let out

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