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gain entry

To gain entry is to get into a building, room, home, or other property.

In plain English

This phrase is about getting inside a place from the outside. It refers to entering the interior of a property, such as a home, room, or building.

In context

Here, it means staff getting into the unit.

Situation
Setting up utilities and submitting maintenance, repair, and access requests
What it communicates
describes staff getting access to the unit.

Meaning limits

The phrase refers only to entering the property, not to what happens before or after that.

Examples

“The child gained entry to the shed through the open side door.”

Core meaning

“By 9 a.m., staff had gained entry to the unit.”

In context

  • enter Near Synonym

    In this sense, both mean going into a building, room, home, or other property.

  • force entry Narrower Term

    This is a special case of gaining entry by using force.