GET INTO (SOMETHING)


Meaning of GET INTO (SOMETHING) in English

get into something ( see also ↑ get )

1 . ENTER to enter a place, especially when this is difficult:

The door was locked and we couldn’t get into the house.

2 . ARRIVE to arrive at a place:

What time do we get into New York?

3 . BE ELECTED to be elected to a Parliament:

He first got into Parliament in 1982.

4 . COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY to be allowed to be a student at a university, college etc:

She got into UCLA.

5 . TEAM to be made a member of a team:

Do you think you might get into the Olympic team this year?

6 . START DOING SOMETHING to start doing or feeling something, or being in a particular situation:

He’s started getting into trouble at school.

My parents were always terrified of getting into debt.

She got into the habit of going for long walks by herself.

He got into a terrible temper and started throwing things around.

7 . BECOME INVOLVED to begin to be involved in doing something:

How did you first get into script writing?

She was starting to get into politics.

8 . ENJOY informal to begin to enjoy something or be interested in it:

I first got into jazz when I was at college.

9 . CLOTHING informal to put on a piece of clothing, especially when this is difficult because the piece of clothing is too small for you:

I don’t know how she managed to get into those trousers.

10 . what’s got into somebody? spoken used to express surprise that someone is behaving very differently from the way they usually behave:

I don’t know what’s got into Sally recently.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.