break in someone/something
(TRAIN)Definition
› to train a person to do a new job, to train an animal to behave in an obedient way, or to use something to make it not as new and more comfortable: We will have to break in three new staff members. I’m still breaking in this new pair of running shoes.
(Definition of break in someone/something (TRAIN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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break down phrasal verb BECOME UPSET
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break down phrasal verb STOP WORKING
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break down something phrasal verb DIVIDE
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break even idiom
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break in phrasal verb ENTER ILLEGALLY
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break into something phrasal verb BE SUCCESSFUL
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break into something phrasal verb BEGIN TO DO
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break into something phrasal verb USE FORCE
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break n EARLY MORNING
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