read in
To officially tell someone secret or important information they need to know; or to load information into a computer.
Meanings
(Intelligence/government) To formally give someone access to and knowledge of classified or sensitive information.
"The new director was read in on all current covert operations during her first week."
(Computing) To input or load data from an external source into a computer system or program.
"The script reads in the configuration file each time the application starts."
The security/intelligence sense is common in government and military contexts in American English ('get read in on a programme'). The computing sense is more technical. Not to be confused with 'read into'.
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