Daily life
break something in
make new clothing comfortable
To break in new shoes or clothing means to wear them until they become comfortable.
Hear it in real life
Are those shoes comfortable now?
Yes, I broke them in over the weekend.
I wore my new trainers around the house to break them in.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to break in them before the hike.
Say: I need to break them in before the hike.
With this separable phrasal verb, a pronoun object must go between “break” and “in.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
break in new shoes/boots; break them in
Your turn: say it out loud
I wore my new trainers around the house to break them in.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
break something in
make new clothing comfortable
“I wore my new trainers around the house to break them in.”
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