break into

phrase

1
: to begin with or as if with a sudden throwing off of restraint
broke into tears
face breaking into a smile
the horse breaks into a gallop
2
: to make entry or entrance into
broke into the house
break into show business
3
: interrupt
break into a TV program with a news flash

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Ashish Bhatia An AI model built by OpenAI broke into Hugging Face’s production infrastructure this July. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Tokarz needed the cube to play both on stage in Los Angeles and on the Strip in Las Vegas, so the sequence was broken into three bits and, with the magic of VFX and editing, seamlessly woven together. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 The testing phase comprised 53 separate commissioning procedures broken into 308 individual chapters. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026 How to land an AI job For students and young workers hoping to break into the field, Kantenga's top recommendation is to pursue a computer science degree. — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for break into

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of break into was in the 14th century

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