What is another word for breaking in?

Pronunciation: [bɹˈe͡ɪkɪŋ ˈɪn] (IPA)

Breaking in refers to the act of using or wearing something new until it becomes comfortable or adjusted to one's needs. This term can also mean training or conditioning someone or something to behave or operate in a certain way, such as breaking in a new employee or breaking in a horse. Some synonyms for breaking in include acclimating, adapting, seasoning, conditioning, familiarizing, and training. These words all convey the idea of gradually getting used to something until it feels natural and comfortable. Whether it's breaking in a pair of shoes or breaking in a new team member, the process requires patience, time and effort.

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Famous quotes with Breaking in

  • You have drug addicts that are now walking around this city looking for a fix, and that's the reason why they were breaking in hospitals and drugstores. They're looking for something to take the edge off of their jones, if you will.
    Ray Nagin
  • By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief.
    John Woolman
  • Polaire! The agitating and agitated Polaire! The tiny slip of a woman that you know, with the waist slender to the point of pain, of screaming out loud, of breaking in two, in a spasmically tight bodice, the prettiest slimness ...
    Jean Lorrain
  • I shall never forget the impression which our first landing on the beach of California make upon me. The sun had just gone down; it was getting dusky; the damp night wind was beginning to blow, and the heavy swell of the Pacific was setting in, and breaking in loud and high "combers" on the beach... we put our oars in the boat, and, leaving one to watch it, walked about the beach to see what we could of the place. The beach is nearly a mile in length between the two points, and of smooth sand... It was growing dark, so that we could just distinguish the dim outlines of the two vessels in the offing; and the great seas were rolling in in regular lines, growing larger and larger as they approached the shore, and hanging over the beach upon which they were to break, when their tops would curl over and turn white with foam, and, being at one extreme of the line, break rapidly to the other, as a child's long card house falls when a card is knocked down at one end.
    Richard Henry Dana
  • When you’re young you try to be methodical and philosophical, but reality keeps breaking in.
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Related words: breaking into the scene, getting into the swing of things, break in the market, break into new markets, breaking into the industry, break into the top 10, getting into niche

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