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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"We even want to get into the place of full transparency - which is more than just honesty."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
As such, investment pros recommend that individual, or retail, investors looking to get into emerging markets do so through ETFs instead of individual stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
As we get into our larger parachutes, like the drogues and the mains, we have a lighter-weight nylon ... not unlike what you might build a tent out of, or an old-school windbreaker.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
After three years of stage work in the early 1960s, he asked an agent how he could get into film.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
It had been hard for them to wriggle free of the brokers who covered rich people and to get into the arms of brokers who covered big, stock market–investing institutions.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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