TO GET INTO

Definition: TO GET INTO

TO GET INTO

1. (a) To enter, as, ``she prepared to get into the coach.'' --Dickens. (b) To pass into, or reach; as, `` a language has got into the inflated state.'' --Keary.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO GET INTO

They want me to get into the character debate and mix it up. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

Because I can see by your face you want to get into it. (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

And fifty other lines to get into a girl's pants (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

When we get home you're going to get into one of those girdles and act for two and a half hours (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Mr. Helpmann, I'm keen to get into Information Retrieval (Brazil; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Charles McKeown)

No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Looking for a little trouble to get into (Feelin' On Yo Booty; performing artist: R. Kelly)

What'cha gonna do to get into another one of these rock 'n' roll (Little Miss Can't Be Wrong; performing artist: Spin Doctors)

I think I've found the trouble with our economy. There are far more ways to get into debt than there are to get out of it. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Local Government: How to Get into It, How to Administer It Effectively (reference)

• How to Get into the Right Dental School (How to Get into Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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A porcupine trying to get into a rocky hole. Credit: Unknown.

An "Arkansas Hoosier" born in 1855. Conway, Arkansas. "My father was a Confederate soldier. He give his age a year older than it was to get into the army. After the war he bought 280 acres from the railroad and cleared it. We never had a mortgage on it. I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There was but one course to take, to get into this cab, and follow the fiacre

First they were so cold to get into.

We had one violent storm and were under a necessity of steering westward to get into the tradewind, which holds for above sixty leagues

You want room for your thoughts to get into sailing trim and run a course or two before they make their port

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

For glucose to get into cells, insulin must be present. (references)

Microbes attempting to get into the body must first get past the skin and mucous membranes, which not only pose a physical barrier but are rich in scavenger cells and IgA antibodies. (references)

Air continues to get into alveoli when the lung expands during inhalation, but it is often unable to escape during exhalation because the air passages tend to collapse during exhalation, trapping the "stale" air in the lungs. (references)

Economic History

Slovak Rep

Now may be a good time to get into the market, but franchisers should be prepared to offer creative financial options. (references)

Trade

Haiti

Haiti has until the year 2006 to get into the FTAA and has negotiated a ten-year period as a Less Developed Country to fully integrate into CARICOM. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "TO GET INTO": To get into trouble. Additional references.

Chinese 

�"� (pass through). (various references)

German

in Schwierigkeiten geraten (get into trouble, to get into difficulty). (various references)

Hungarian

kerül (cost, get to, got, to balk, to get, to go out of one's way, to run to, to set back, to shun), jut (got, made, to come into line with the landmarks, to fetch up, to get, to make), beletesz (get into), belerak, beledug (get into, to stick in), belebújik (to get on, to slip into), bekerül, bejut (get in, to come into, to get in, to pass into). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乗り込む (to board, to embark on, to enter, to helpinto, to man, to march into, to ship), 嵌まる (to be addicted to, to be deceived, to be deep into, to be fit for, to be taken in, to fall into, to fall into a trap, to fit, to go into, to plunge into, to suit), 嵌る (to be addicted to, to be deceived, to be deep into, to be fit for, to be taken in, to fall into, to fall into a trap, to fit, to go into, to plunge into, to suit), 填まる (to be addicted to, to be deceived, to be deep into, to be fit for, to be taken in, to fall into, to fall into a trap, to fit, to go into, to plunge into, to suit), 填る (to be addicted to, to be deceived, to be deep into, to be fit for, to be taken in, to fall into, to fall into a trap, to fit, to go into, to plunge into, to suit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のり�"む (to board, to embark on, to enter, to helpinto, to man, to march into, to ship), はまる (to be addicted to, to be deceived, to be deep into, to be fit for, to be taken in, to fall into, to fall into a trap, to fit, to go into, to plunge into, to suit). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay etgay intoay.(various references)

Russian 

повздорить (have a quarrel, to get into a tangle with smb.). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: tooting, totting.

-3 letters: gentoo, goonie, gotten, toeing, toting.

-4 letters: ingot, tigon, tinge.

-5 letters: gent, gien, gone, goon, into, nett, nite, note, onto, otto, tent, tine, ting, tint, toit, tone, tong, toon, toot, tote.

+3 letters: photosetting.

+4 letters: ghettoization.

+5 letters: ghettoizations.