If you get into a particular kind of work or activity, you manage to become involved in it.
He was eager to get into politics. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you get into a school, college, or university, you are accepted there as a student.
I was working hard to get into Cambridge. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave.
[informal]
What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this? [VERBPARTICLE noun]
See full dictionary entry for get
get into in British English
verb(preposition)
1. (intransitive)
to enter
2. (intransitive)
to reach (a destination)
the train got into London at noon
3.
to get dressed in (clothes)
4. (intransitive)
to preoccupy or obsess (a person's emotions or thoughts)
what's got into them tonight?
5.
to assume or cause to assume (a specified condition, habit, etc)
to get into debt
get a person into a mess
6.
to be elected to or cause to be elected to
to get into Parliament
7. (usually intr) informal
to become or cause to become familiar with (a skill)
once you get into driving you'll enjoy it
8. (usually intr) informal
to develop or cause to develop an absorbing interest in (a hobby, subject, or book)
Examples of 'get into' in a sentence
get into
I love getting into trouble' ).
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is caused by air getting into the engine via the air intake.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She also fails to get into Cambridge but what really tips her over the edge?
The Sun (2007)
When the time came, he got into Cambridge to read classics.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Not for plotting to blow up the school; but for getting into Cambridge a year early.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And they were more than six times as likely to get into Oxford or Cambridge.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On leaving school he surprised his family by choosing to go into the Army after failing to get into Cambridge.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I mean, trying to get into Cambridge!
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Just over a fifth of pupils who applied from comprehensive schools got into Cambridge, compared with more than a third of applicants at independent schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
get into
British English: get into /ɡɛt ˈɪntə/ VERB
If you get into an activity, you start doing it or being involved in it.
He was eager to get into politics.
American English: get into
Arabic: يَتَوَرَّطُ في
Brazilian Portuguese: conseguir entrar
Chinese: 开始从事
Croatian: zainteresirati se za
Czech: angažovat se v čem
Danish: komme ind i
Dutch: ergens in verzeild raken
European Spanish: meterse
Finnish: joutua
French: se lancer
German: geraten in
Greek: μπαίνω
Italian: entrare
Japanese: ･･･に到着する
Korean: (특정한 상태에) 처하다
Norwegian: havne i
Polish: wejść
European Portuguese: conseguir entrar
Romanian: a intra în
Russian: заняться
Latin American Spanish: meterse
Swedish: komma in i
Thai: เข้าร่วมใน
Turkish: inmek özüne
Ukrainian: братися до
Vietnamese: tham gia
All related terms of 'get into'
get into gear
to start to deal with something in an effective way
get sb into bed
To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
get one's teeth into
to become engrossed in
get into the swing of
If you get into the swing of something, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing.
get it into one's head
to come to believe (an idea, esp a whimsical one)
get sth into one's head
If you get a fact or idea into your head , you suddenly realize or think that it is true and you usually do not change your opinion about it.
to get into high gear
if people or an activity go into high gear , moves into high gear, etc, people do what they were doing more intensely, or the activity becomes more intense
get into bed with someone
to make an agreement to work with another person or group. This expression is usually used showing disapproval .
get one's arse into gear
to start to do something seriously and quickly
get one's teeth into sth
If you describe a task or activity as something you can get your teeth into , you mean that you like it because it is interesting, complex , and makes you think hard .
get your brain into gear
to start thinking clearly about something, so that you can achieve what needs to be done
get your claws into someone
to control or influence someone in a selfish way
get your hooks into someone
to control or influence someone very strongly, often in a way that is not good for them
get your teeth into something
to become deeply involved with something and do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
get stuck in
If you get stuck in , you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
bring (or come or get) into line
to bring (or come or cause to come) into a straight row or into conformity ; bring or come into alignment
get into the swing of something
to get used to something and to start doing it well or start enjoying it
get into one's stride/ hit one's stride
If you get into your stride or hit your stride , you start to do something easily and confidently, after being slow and uncertain .
hit your stride
to start to do something easily and confidently, after being slow and uncertain at the beginning
work yourself up into a lather/get in a lather
If you say that someone works themselves up into a lather or gets in a lather about something, you think that they are getting upset , angry , or worried about it when there is no need to do so.
Chinese translation of 'get into'
get into
vt fus
(= become part of)[conversation, argument, fight]进(進)行 (jìnxíng)
[sphere of activity]开(開)始从(從)事 (kāishǐ cóngshì)
[university, school]进(進)入 (jìnrù)
[vehicle]乘坐 (chéngzuò)
[clothes]穿上 (chuānshàng)
(in expressions)
to get into bed上床 (shàngchuáng)
I don't know what has got into him我不知道他是怎么(麼)回事 (wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì zěnme huíshì)
See get
All related terms of 'get into'
get into the car
进(進)入车(車)子 jìnrù chēzi
to get into bed
上床 shàngchuáng
to get into a panic
陷入恐慌 xiànrù kǒnghuāng
to get into a state
陷入紧(緊)张(張)不安的状(狀)态(態) xiànrù jǐnzhāng bù'ān de zhuàngtài
to be in/get into debt
负(負)债(債) fùzhài
to get into or up to mischief
胡闹(鬧) húnào
to get into the swing of things
积(積)极(極)投入某事 jījí tóurù mǒushì
to get sb drunk/into trouble
使某人喝醉/陷入麻烦(煩) shǐ mǒurén hēzuì/xiànrù máfan
to appear in print/get into print
刊登出 kāndēngchū
to get out of/into the habit of doing sth
改掉/养(養)成做某事的习(習)惯(慣) gǎidiào/yǎngchéng zuò mǒushì de xíguàn
get up to
( prank etc ) 搞 gǎo ⇒ What has he been getting up to? → 他在搞什么花样？ Tā zài gǎo shénme huāyàng?
( person : travel ) 旅行 lǚxíng (: move about ) 各处(處)走动(動) gèchù zǒudòng ▶ I can't get about as much as I used to 我不能再像我过(過)去那样(樣)到处(處)走动(動)了 wǒ bùnéng zài xiàng wǒ guòqù nàyàng dàochù zǒudòng le