Meaning of broken in in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    broken in

    Definitions

    1. tamed or trained to obey

    Examples

    • « a horse broken to the saddle »
    • « this old nag is well broken in »

    Synonyms

Famous quotes

  • « Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear. »
    Thomas W. Higginson
  • « Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life. »
    Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • « Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. »
    Thomas B. Macaulay

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