get into

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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)

To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  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 slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
She got into the car.
To put on (an item of clothing).
I'm soaking wet. I need to get into some dry clothes.
To reach into or interact with (an object).
The small child got into everything.
To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity).
He got into politics.

My sister has got into flower arranging recently.
To enter (an unfavourable state).
How did we get into such a mess?
To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
I don't know what's gotten into that child.
To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
- 2020 August 1, David Hytner, “Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal turn tables on Chelsea to win FA Cup”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  Arteta could not wait to get into his players during the drinks break and they re-emerged with greater intensity

to move into an object, such that one ends up inside it

to put on (an item of clothing) — see also put on

to reach into an object

to become involved in a discussion or issue

to enter an unfavourable state

to make behave uncharacteristically