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Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (intransitive) To enter a place by force or illicit means.
  2. (ambitransitive, ergative, idiomatic) To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) Starting something brand new or at a new level.
  4. (transitive) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.
  5. (colloquial, transitive) To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower.
  6. (intransitive) To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking.
  7. (slang, transitive) To initiate a new person into prostitution or prison sex acts.

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