crack into
phrasal verb
cracked into; cracking to; cracks into
informal
: to enter or get started in (something, such as a profession)
It's not easy to crack into professional football.
Examples of crack into in a Sentence
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Its narrative proves less insightful, however: too wary to crack into its protagonist’s troubled psyche, softening the film’s worthwhile political anxieties into sympathetic messaging that seems ho-hum and predetermined.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Over time, rainwater had worked its way into tiny fissures, and the wind followed, gradually widening the fissures into cracks and the cracks into chasms.
—Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
Elaine Morales told The Los Angeles Times, which broke news of the crime, that thieves were able to breach the money storage facility in the suburban Sylmar neighborhood and then crack into the safe containing the cash.
—Sean Murphy, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
David Hammons’s tarp paintings, John Chamberlain’s car sculptures, and pictures of his own iPhone, its screen cracked into a million tiny pieces, are arrayed in orderly rows.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024
No: 2: Siesta Beach in Siesta Key, Florida Siesta Beach in Sarasota also cracked into Tripadvisor’s top 10 beaches around the world, securing the No. 9 spot.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The studios are their own little world and to crack into that world and wrestle things away [is hard].
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
Not only has Tobin cracked into the bridal content space, but she's turned her passion for proposal planning into a career, offering to help others on their own wedding journeys.
—Amy Rosner, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
The burglars found the store’s safe, cracked into it, and stole $1,500 in cash.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Over time, rainwater had worked its way into tiny fissures, and the wind followed, gradually widening the fissures into cracks and the cracks into chasms.
—Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
Elaine Morales told The Los Angeles Times, which broke news of the crime, that thieves were able to breach the money storage facility in the suburban Sylmar neighborhood and then crack into the safe containing the cash.
—Sean Murphy, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
David Hammons’s tarp paintings, John Chamberlain’s car sculptures, and pictures of his own iPhone, its screen cracked into a million tiny pieces, are arrayed in orderly rows.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024
No: 2: Siesta Beach in Siesta Key, Florida Siesta Beach in Sarasota also cracked into Tripadvisor’s top 10 beaches around the world, securing the No. 9 spot.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The studios are their own little world and to crack into that world and wrestle things away [is hard].
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
Not only has Tobin cracked into the bridal content space, but she's turned her passion for proposal planning into a career, offering to help others on their own wedding journeys.
—Amy Rosner, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
The burglars found the store’s safe, cracked into it, and stole $1,500 in cash.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Crack into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crack%20into. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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