jack into

verb

jacked into; jacking into; jacks into

transitive verb

: to connect to (something, such as a network or system)

Guitarists jacked into power cables …—

Melissa Santos

… I listened to the music in stereo sound. It was like I'd jacked into my own private universe.—

Peter Tieryas

: to connect (oneself or something) to (something, such as a network or system)

The Governor spent most of last week holed up at his ranch …, with no cable or satellite TV to jack him into the 24-hour news rush.—

Eric Pooley

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There’s a lot to like about brain-computer interfaces, those sci-fi-sounding devices that jack into your skull and turn neural signals into software commands. —

Caitlin Kelly, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024 To keep you even more jacked into the motoverse, BMW also showed off a new set of AR driving glasses at CES. —

Condé Nast, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2024 Plug in one end of the adapter jack into the smartphone and then plug in a pair of wired earbuds or headphones to start rocking out to your favorite tunes. —

Rudie Obias, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023