"get into character" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets into character",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting into character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into character",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten into character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got:gotten> into character"
      },
      "expansion": "get into character (third-person singular simple present gets into character, present participle getting into character, simple past got into character, past participle got into character or gotten into character)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "break character"
        },
        {
          "word": "in character"
        },
        {
          "word": "out of character"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an actor, to put oneself into the mindset of the character they are playing."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_into_character-en-verb-nchoi74x",
      "links": [
        [
          "mindset",
          "mindset"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "meterse en el papel"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get into character"
}

{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "break character"
    },
    {
      "word": "in character"
    },
    {
      "word": "out of character"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets into character",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting into character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into character",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got into character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten into character",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got:gotten> into character"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "Of an actor, to put oneself into the mindset of the character they are playing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mindset",
          "mindset"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "meterse en el papel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get into character"
}