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to get into...
I have finally gotten into the habit of using control-c to copy my reply-in-progress.
I got into trouble largely because of my actions.
But you didn't know exactly what you were getting into, did you?
The government will not get into a dialogue with a terrorist organization.
Looking at these samples and at many others I got into the conviction that one can employ 'to get into' arbitrarily. What exactly does this ' to get into' mean?
I got into trouble largely because of my actions.
But you didn't know exactly what you were getting into, did you?
The government will not get into a dialogue with a terrorist organization.
Looking at these samples and at many others I got into the conviction that one can employ 'to get into' arbitrarily. What exactly does this ' to get into' mean?
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It means "come to be in", possibly "find oneself in". In other words, it is used to indicate the arrival of the subject into a new state of some kind, differing from a previous state. So it has to do with beginning or starting, in a way.
- It means "come to be in", possibly "find oneself in".
- In other words, it is used to indicate the arrival of the subject into a new state of some kind, differing from a previous state.
- So it has to do with beginning or starting, in a way.
- 'get into trouble' - come to be (in the state of being) in trouble 'get into a dialog/conversation' - come to be in the state of having a dialog/conversation - start a conversation 'get into a habit' - come to be in a (certain) habit (of doing something) CJ
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It means "come to be in", possibly "find oneself in".
In other words, it is used to indicate the arrival of the subject into a new state of some kind, differing from a previous state. So it has to do with beginning or starting, in a way.
'get into trouble' - come to be (in the state of being) in trouble
'get into a dialog/conversation' - come to be in the state of
In other words, it is used to indicate the arrival of the subject into a new state of some kind, differing from a previous state. So it has to do with beginning or starting, in a way.
'get into trouble' - come to be (in the state of being) in trouble
'get into a dialog/conversation' - come to be in the state of
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