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What does break through mean?

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Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see break,‎ through.
  2. (intransitive) To gain popularity.
  3. (intransitive, sports) To penetrate the defence of the opposition.
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Suddenly the commercials that were created to break through the cacophony have created a deafening sameness.
He has already been up for a while, watching the sun as its weak rays break through the last misty hues of the night.
To begin with, she wanted to break through the stereotype of the cheesy, overdressed magician.
Only when Preston's legs began to tire, their persistence and courage finally waning, did Everton break through again.
Protesters in Parliament Square tried to break through police lines and join other marchers who had arrived in the area.
It relieved him to see a smile finally break through the boy's complacent state as he returned the greeting.

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