break sth in
— phrasal verb with break uk/breɪk/us/breɪk/verb broke, broken
to wear new shoes or use new equipment for short periods to make them more comfortable:
My new hiking boots will be great once I've broken them in.
US UK run sth in If you break in a vehicle, you use it carefully and slowly for a short time when it is new, so that you do not damage its engine.
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- max sth out
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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