get into
Britishverb
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(intr) to enter
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(intr) to reach (a destination)
the train got into London at noon
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to get dressed in (clothes)
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(intr) to preoccupy or obsess (a person's emotions or thoughts)
what's got into him tonight?
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to assume or cause to assume (a specified condition, habit, etc)
to get into debt
get a person into a mess
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to be elected to or cause to be elected to
to get into Parliament
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informal (usually intr) to become or cause to become familiar with (a skill)
once you get into driving you'll enjoy it
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informal (usually intr) to develop or cause to develop an absorbing interest in (a hobby, subject, or book)
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Become involved in, as in He got into trouble by stealing cars , or I don't want to get into the long history of this problem . [Early 1700s]
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Put on clothes, as in Wait till I get into my suit . [Late 1600s]
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Take possession of one, cause to act differently or inappropriately, as in You're leaving it to the animal shelter? What has got into you? or I don't know what gets into you children . [Late 1800s]
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See be into . Also see subsequent entries beginning with get into .
Example Sentences
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Steve Chapman, who lives opposite the beach, said he could not get into his road because it was cordoned off.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
They don’t go away for half an hour trying to get into a headspace or whatever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“This was supposed to be an affordable way to get into homeownership, and now you’re getting squeezed by these costs that continue to rise and you don’t really have the power to control.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Now that we know that these immune cells actually can get into the brain, we can think about all kinds of new engineering strategies to have those peripheral immune cells do useful things."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Did I get into a fight with someone?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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