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To enter by force or illicit means.
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Someone broke in and stole his radio.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
More phrases:
- break up
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- plump up
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- sod off
- speak for
- speak out
- take down
- tie up
- top off
- ward off
- apply oneself
- arm to the teeth
- be of two minds
- beauty sleep
- bet dollars to donuts
- birds and bees
- catch a tan
- day in, day out
- don't get me started
- easy does it
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- get by the balls
- get one's claws into
- give a ring
- hang out one's shingle
- have second thoughts
- head-in-the-sand
- it takes two to tango
- lie through one's teeth
- lucky break
- make fun of
- make out like a bandit
- muckety muck
- off and on
- on edge
- on its merits
- on steroids
- on the right track
- on thin ice
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