get in

get in

English

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Verb

get in

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see get,‎ in.
2. (transitive) To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.

   Hurry up and get in the car!

   He tried to go after the ball but couldn't get in the game.

   You'd better get in gear. We've got work to do!

3. (intransitive) To enter a place; to gain access.

   If you want to get in, you'll need the gate code and a key.

   Teens walk the redlight district but can never get in.

   They hacked his password and finally got in.

4. (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To secure membership at a selective school.

   All of our students who applied to university got in.

5. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be elected to some office.

   Do the early results say our candidate will get in?

6. (of evenings or nights) To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change; to draw in.

   Winter's on the way, and the nights are getting in.

Translations

to board

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Burmese: တက် (my) (tak) Dutch: instappen (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: astua (fi) (+ illative), nousta (fi) (+ illative) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: einsteigen (de) Greek: ανεβαίνω (el) (anevaíno)

Hungarian: beszáll (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Spanish: subir (es), abordar (es) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to enter

Belarusian: увахо́дзіць impf (uvaxódzicʹ), увайсці́ pf (uvajscí) Burmese: တက် (my) (tak) Dutch: binnenraken (nl) Finnish: päästä sisään French: monter (fr) German: einsteigen (de)

Greek: μπαίνο (baíno) Romanian: intra (ro) Spanish: acceder (es) Swedish: gå in (sv) Turkish: içeri girmek (tr)

to secure membership

Finnish: päästä sisään Hungarian: belép (hu) Romanian: intra (ro)

Spanish: entrar (es) Swedish: komma in

to be elected

Finnish: valita (passive forms), tulla valituksi Swedish: bli vald (sv), inväljas

Turkish: alınmak (tr)

See also

• get a word in edgewise

Interjection

get in

1. (Britain, slang) An exclamation of joy at one's success.

   - You gained full marks in the exam.
   - Get in!

Anagrams

• Teign, tinge