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get sb in

phrasal verb with get
 
 
/ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)

Definition

to ask a trained person to come to your home to do some paid work: We'll have to get a plumber in to look at that water tank.Arriving, entering and invadingRecruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs
(Definition of get sb in from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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