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broken in

 
Adjective broken in has 1 sense
  1. broken, broken in - tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"
    Antonyms: wild, untamed (indirect, via tame)
Verb break in has 6 senses
  1. break in, break - enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
    --1 is one way to trespass, intrude
    Derived form: noun break-in1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    => Somebody ----s
  2. chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in - break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
    --2 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. break in - start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
    --3 is one way to
    get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. break in - intrude on uninvited; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"
    --4 is one way to
    intrude, irrupt
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  5. break in - break so as to call inward; "He broke in the door"
    --5 is one way to
    break
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  6. break in, break - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
    --6 is one way to domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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