"housebreak" meaning in English

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        "To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle."
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          "urinating",
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          "litterbox",
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        "(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle."
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          "sense": "train an animal to avoid urinating in the house",
          "word": "szobatisztaságra szoktat"
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        "To break into a house, typically to burgle it."
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        "(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it."
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        "To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle."
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        "To break into a house, typically to burgle it."
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      "sense": "train an animal to avoid urinating in the house",
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