get sth in
(SAY) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› to succeed in saying something, although it is difficult to do this because other people are talking too: He couldn't get a word in because she was talking so much. I'll try to get my suggestion in at the start of the meeting.Saying and utteringSaying again
(Definition of get sth in (SAY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (your) every word idiom
- articulate verb
- come out with sth phrasal verb
- find your tongue idiom
- floor noun (OPEN SPACE)
- in words of one syllable idiom
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- mouth verb
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