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break through

break through verb: to gain popularity.

Verb

break through (third-person singular simple present breaks through, present participle breaking through, simple past broke through, past participle broken through)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To gain popularity.
    • We are in a drought of famous influencers, and it may be here to stay. People just aren’t breaking through online the way they used to, becoming household names and garnering real, mainstream fame.2024 June 26, Stephanie McNeal, “Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To”, in Glamour
  2. (intransitive) To penetrate the defence of the opposition.
    • Montenegro gave Wales a scare in the first minute at the Cardiff City Stadium when Stevan Jovetic broke through, only to screw his shot well wide.2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC
  3. (transitive) To make or force a way through (a barrier).
  4. (colloquial, idiomatic) To cross a perceptual threshold during the use of certain psychedelics in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
    • I'm hitting my DMT cart right now. Hold up, hold on nigga. I'm hittin' it not enough to break through though. Oh my God! Oh my God nigga ugghh. I'm- ohhh my God, dude! Ohhh, ahhh! Oh my God! Holy fuck! Oh my God! Oohhh. Oohhh! God! Oh my God! Ahhh! Fuck, I'm breaking through bro. Ohh!2020, DubbyD, im hitting my dmt cart right now, spoken by CSGO player Loc T Nguyen
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, through.

break through meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

break through in Tamil

இடர்க் கடப்பு, ஊடுருவிச் செல், தடைமுறிவு, பெரு வளர்ச்சி, பேரேற்றம்

break through in Bengali

জনপ্রিয়তা পাওয়া, প্রতিপক্ষের রক্ষণভাগ ভেদ করা

break through in Kannada

ಮುನ್ನುಗ್ಗುವುದು, ಮಹತ್ತರ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆ

Forms of break through

third-person singular presentbreaks through
present participlebreaking through
pastbroke through
past participlebroken through

Questions about break through

What does break through mean?
Break through means to gain popularity.
What is break through in Tamil?
Break through in Tamil is இடர்க் கடப்பு, ஊடுருவிச் செல், தடைமுறிவு. See Break through meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is break through?
Break through is a verb.
What is the past tense of break through?
The past tense of break through is broke through.

Words near break through in the dictionary

  1. break the seal
  2. break the silence
  3. break the story
  4. break the web
  5. break the wheel
  6. break through
  7. break time
  8. break times
  9. break up
  10. break upon the wheel
  11. break ups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: break through (page history and authors); break through (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); break through (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); break through (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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