phrasal verb

Get in

No. 98 most commonLetter GInseparable

2Sections

Arrange for someone to do a job in your home, workplace, etc

Meanings

  • Arrange for someone to do a job in your home, workplace, etc (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • Arrive home (intransitive, International English)
  • supplies, like food (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • school, home (intransitive, International English)
  • Enter a building or place (intransitive, International English)
  • Be elected (intransitive, International English)
  • Manage to say or do (intransitive, International English)
  • club, etc (intransitive, International English)
  • Bring inside a place (separable [optional], International English)
  • Submit, apply (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • Pay for drinks (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • The air conditioning has broken down; we'll have to GET a technician IN to fix it.Arrive (train, plane, etc.
  • Her plane GETS IN at 2am our time.
  • She didn't GET IN till well after twelve o'clock because she'd been out for a few drinks with her mates.Enter a vehicle.
  • We need to GET some coffee IN; we're completely out.
  • I GOT IN late today because the train broke down.
  • I borrowed her pass to GET IN.
  • The government GOT IN with a very small majority.
  • He did badly in the entrance exam and didn't GET IN.
  • It's raining; I'd better GET the washing IN.
  • We have to GET the forms IN by the end of this week.
  • He GOT the drinks IN.

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