break through

1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To gain popularity.

   durchbrechen

2. (intransitive)To penetrate the defence of the opposition.

   penetrate

3. (transitive)To make or force a way through (a barrier).

   durchbrechen

   pass 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.

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, through.

1. They attempted to break through the enemy line.

   deSie versuchten, die feindliche Linie zu durchbrechen.

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2. Can you see the light breaking through?

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3. The enemy has broken through the castle gate.

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4. Several people tried to break through the cordon.

   ruНесколько человек попытались прорваться сквозь оцепление.

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5. Several people tried to break through the perimeter.

   ruНесколько человек попытались прорваться сквозь оцепление.

   deMehrere Personen versuchten, den Sperrkreis zu durchbrechen.

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irregular · Lesson

• break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
• break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
• break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
• break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
• break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
• break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
• break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
• break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.