| VERB | motion | get in, enter, come in, get into, go into, go in, move into | to come or go into |
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| social | get in, arrive, make it, go far | succeed in a big way | |
| possession | get in, get into | secure a place in a college, university, etc. | |
| motion | get in, pull in, move in, draw in | of trains |
| Meaning | To come or go into. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | enter, come in, get into, go into, go in, move into | |
| Narrower | board, get on | Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) |
| call at, out in | Enter a harbor | |
| dock | Come into dock | |
| file in | Enter by marching in a file | |
| intrude, irrupt | Enter uninvited | |
| intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon | To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate | |
| penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance | |
| pop in | Enter briefly | |
| re-enter | Enter again | |
| take the field | go on the playing field, of a football team | |
| take water | Enter the water | |
| turn in | make an entrance by turning from a road | |
| walk in | Enter by walking | |
| Opposite | exit, go out, get out, leave | Move out of or depart from |
| Spanish | entrar, ingresar, moverse adentro | |
| Catalan | entrar | |
| Meaning | succeed in a big way; get to the top. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | arrive, make it, go far | |
| Broader | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods | attain success or reach a desired goal / goal |
| Spanish | llegar a | |
| Meaning | Secure a place in a college, university, etc.. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | get into | |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Meaning | Of trains; move into (a station). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | pull in, move in, draw in | |
| Broader | arrive, get, come | reach a destination |
| Opposite | pull out, get out | Move out or away |
| Similar to | close in, draw in | Advance or converge on |
| Spanish | arribar, entrar, hacer su llegada, ingresar, llegar | |
| Catalan | arribar | |
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