get into

Verb

get into (third-person singular simple present gets into, present participle getting into, simple past got into, past participle (UK) got into or (US) gotten into)

1. To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
   • She got into the car.
   • Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to...1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
2. To put on (an item of clothing).
   • I'm soaking wet. I need to get into some dry clothes.
3. To reach into or interact with (an object).
   • The small child got into everything.
4. To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something).
   • He got into politics.
   • My sister has got into flower arranging recently.
5. To enter (an unfavourable state).
   • How did we get into such a mess?
6. To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
   • I don't know what's gotten into that child.
7. To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
   • Arteta could not wait to get into his players during the drinks break and they re-emerged with greater intensity2020 August 1, David Hytner, “Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal turn tables on Chelsea to win FA Cup”, in The Guardian
8. To penetrate (someone) sexually.
9. To owe money to (someone); to become involved in something unsavory.
   • He's gotten into the gang to the tune of five grand.
10. To argue about or discuss (something).
    • Oh let's not get into that again.
    • Well, I think she knows but it's something we really don't get into.1986, Joseph Beam, quoting "Emmett", “Emmett's Story: Russell County, Alabama”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 162