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sneak into
偷偷做某事

Date: Oct 27 2011

Quote

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“I still remember the first R-rated movie I ever sneaked into as kid. It holds a special place in my heart!”

- Actor Brad Pitt on his favorite films. (Us Weekly)

Definition

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go somewhere secretly; go somewhere you aren’t supposed to be

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These days, when Brad Pitt sees a movie, he’s often in it. But when he was a kid, he was just like the rest of us. If he wanted to see an R-rated movie, or a movie that kids aren’t supposed to see without a parent, he had to sneak into it.

Brad doesn’t have to sneak into the movies anymore, but he does have to sneak into restaurants, shops, and just about everywhere else, or else photographers and his fans won’t leave him alone. In other words, he has to go places secretly, unless he wants his picture to end up in all the tabloids. He has to do his best not to be seen.

When you sneak into a place, you go there secretly. Often it is a place you aren’t supposed to enter. For example, Brad had to sneak into an R-rated movie as a kid because, in the US, kids aren’t allowed to see R-rated films without an adult. Also, people under 21 aren’t allowed to drink or go to bars. So if a 20-year-old wants to go to a bar, he has to try to sneak into it.

Have you ever sneaked into a place where you weren’t supposed to be?

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“We’re too young to go to the concert, but we’re going to try to sneak into it anyway.”

“My best friend and I sneaked into a second movie after we’d seen the one we’d paid for.”

“Do you want to sneak into my sister’s closet with me and find some cool clothes to wear to the party?”

Winners

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	to go secretly by Pezhman02
	break into some place secretly which is not available for you to get in. by mya.c
	Go to the movies and enter, when no one is looking you, to other movie non rated for kids. by paxhanga
	He maens, he watched that secretly and without anyone know about that,it wasn't allowed for a kid to watch that. by Lilgirl
	slip into , walk into a place slightly by Shelalala
	To go or move in a quiet, stealthy way. by CatcheR
	Do something without permission or do something stealthy by cubi1604
	To go or move in a quiet, stealthy way by wwongsapun
	Sneak into is to enter a place that you are not allowed to. In this case he was a minor. by julito

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Comments

Alhnouf

Saudi Arabia

I liked it .
It reminds me of such another idiom that says “snake in the grass ” . I know it’s not that same exact meaning but it sounds similar a bit

Learner of Life

Indonesia

hmmm…...........

pingu350493

Taiwan

do something secretly

jerryjeff

United States

Well… when I was in highschool I used to sneak out of the house to go to school in order to skip breakfast ;-)

mangojoy

United States

I have sneaked into a lot of things in my life from going into the kitchen to have a cookie from my step-mother’s stash to getting out of the house when I was told to stay in my room as a punishment.

Maria del Alba

Spain

I remember when my friends and I were teenagers and we usually sneaked into pubs because we were under 18.

413918092

China

Do something secretly; Do something you are not supposed to do

i love life

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

when i was a child i remember all my try to sneak into to houses my neighbors I steal a lot form stuff but now expensive no just a little food when my football fall in their houses but when i become a young i have never sneak into to any home or any palce we have in islamic religion if you want to inter to into any home you must to take an permission

prohibit to any person sneak into before permission

alhgag

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

sneak into happens in childhood maybe accept that but with an adulthood is unacceptable

FUN777

Egypt

I remember i always sneaked with my friend into concerts that we were’t allowed to. It was so exciting, i really liked it.

Bruce_zhou

China

JUST NOW i readed the article about sneak into,i remember that when i was a kid ,i often sneak into some place which no allowed enter withour adult,but you know,i m interesed for that,i just curioused for that,i want to know what happend in the place,and what is it exact why just olny adult but child in it,some time i sneak into the place with adult ,sometime i across the obstacle,some time i m luck ,but some time catched with the guard,but never did anything with me,just told me ,it’s not permitted,after that i will get free again,so funny at that time ,i think ,but for now,i never sneak into some place which is not permitted,if i want enter ,i will apply first.

MUHAMMAD92

Saudi Arabia

my be it happen.

maxintel

Chad

murderer have to sneak into a place because he is under prosecution!

foz12

Saudi Arabia

I remember back , when I was student in University campus, were all my friends are there, we sneaked into place we should not be there. And the reason was to see reaction one of our friend about something funny, we done to her.

sneak into something like adventure.