"break through" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks through",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke through",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> through"
      },
      "expansion": "break through (third-person singular simple present breaks through, present participle breaking through, simple past broke through, past participle broken through)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, through."
      ],
      "id": "en-break_through-en-verb-a2pE9Md9",
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break#English"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain popularity."
      ],
      "id": "en-break_through-en-verb-kG3BeTxQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "popularity",
          "popularity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To gain popularity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to gain popularity",
          "word": "percer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 99 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to gain popularity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Durchbruch"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 11 69 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 13 46 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (through)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC",
          "text": "Montenegro gave Wales a scare in the first minute at the Cardiff City Stadium when Stevan Jovetic broke through, only to screw his shot well wide.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To penetrate the defence of the opposition."
      ],
      "id": "en-break_through-en-verb-u~sqdbDq",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "penetrate",
          "penetrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, sports) To penetrate the defence of the opposition."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or force a way through (a barrier)"
      ],
      "id": "en-break_through-en-verb-XFTRWBiQ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make or force a way through (a barrier)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make or force a way through (a barrier)",
          "word": "wāhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 1 96",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make or force a way through (a barrier)",
          "word": "wāwāhi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break through"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (through)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "breaks through",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke through",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "break<,,broke,broken> through"
      },
      "expansion": "break through (third-person singular simple present breaks through, present participle breaking through, simple past broke through, past participle broken through)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, through."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break",
          "break#English"
        ],
        [
          "through",
          "through#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain popularity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "popularity",
          "popularity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To gain popularity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC",
          "text": "Montenegro gave Wales a scare in the first minute at the Cardiff City Stadium when Stevan Jovetic broke through, only to screw his shot well wide.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To penetrate the defence of the opposition."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "penetrate",
          "penetrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, sports) To penetrate the defence of the opposition."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or force a way through (a barrier)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make or force a way through (a barrier)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to gain popularity",
      "word": "percer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to gain popularity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Durchbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make or force a way through (a barrier)",
      "word": "wāhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make or force a way through (a barrier)",
      "word": "wāwāhi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "break through"
}