to get into
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2.0
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ˈɪntu/
:
entrar en
- In Washington, D.C., two teenage girls managed to get into Stevie's room in a maid's cart.
- get into the car
- get into the water
There is a parasitic worm that gets into a killifish.
- There is a parasitic worm that gets into a killifish.
- This is to some extent how the Slavs get into the Balkans.
- Your nervous system is getting into the brainstem
- This was people waiting to get into that store.
- So India, let's get into the show.
Examples
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It's impossible to improve a music program if the students can't get into the classroom.
Academic text (2005) -
I will try to get into the auditorium through the balcony top.
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We have to find another way to get into the control room.
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I got into the back of the car.
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I'm ready to get into the show.
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But I do want to get into the pod today.
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Back then, people had waited in line to get into the small courtroom.
Academic text (1997) -
Do you need to do good in English to get into the CIA?
Fiction book (1990) -
Vivian smiled at me tremulously as she came down the steps and got into the driver's seat.
Fiction book (1990) -
I will try to get into the auditorium through the balcony top.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To enter a room or building
∞
1.0
To move from outside into a place or room
∞
1.0
To go into a building, room, or area
∞
1.0
To move into a place, area, or state
∞
1.0
To go inside a place or vehicle
396
1.6
To enter a room or building by walking without knocking
99
3.2
To go into a place, often for the first time
2
3.7
To enter a place directly and confidently without hesitation
Antonyms
How Easy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to gain access to' is directly derivable from combining 'get' (arrive/obtain) with 'into' (movement or placement inside), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer 'enter' or 'access'. The shift from physical entry to digital/unauthorized access is a common, transparent metaphor in many languages, so a B1 learner would typically understand this use without prior exposure.
Etymology
Get into for places or vehicles is very literal: you get your body into a bus, room, or apartment when you enter. So it means 'to move into' or 'enter' a place.