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Get in   /gɛt ɪn/   Listen
Get in

verb
1.
To come or go into.  Synonyms: come in, enter, get into, go in, go into, move into.
2.
Succeed in a big way; get to the top.  Synonyms: arrive, go far, make it.  "I don't know whether I can make it in science!" , "You will go far, my boy!"
3.
Secure a place in a college, university, etc..  Synonym: get into.
4.
Of trains; move into (a station).  Synonyms: draw in, move in, pull in.



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"Get in" Quotes from Famous Books



... my going, Lady, But in the Theater I was imprisoned. For after he was once upon the Stage The Gates[36] were more severely lookt into Then at a town besieg'd: no man, no cause Was Currant, no, nor passant. At other sights The striefe is only to get in, but here The stirre was all in getting out againe. Had we not bin kept to it so I thinke 'Twould nere have been so tedious, though I know 'Twas hard to judge whether his doing of it Were more absurd then 'twas for him[37] to doe it. But when we once were ...
— Old English Plays, Vol. I - A Collection of Old English Plays • Various

... of the forts around the town were vast piles of timber, cured fish, naval stores, and a number of boats. Here again the shallowness of the water prevented the larger vessels from approaching; even the gunboats could not get in nearer than long range; such boats as could carry heavy guns, being distributed in four divisions, were sent in to cover the landing-parties in the smaller boats, about a mile from each other. As they approached, ...
— The Three Commanders • W.H.G. Kingston

... get in?" growled Mr. Wells for all the world like the Big Bear in the story of Goldilocks. Mary Rose had to think what a splendid ...
— Mary Rose of Mifflin • Frances R. Sterrett

... Mr. Trenholm? This is the steamship office, Mr. Trenholm. We wish to inform you that the Kut Sang has been delayed until to-morrow morning for cargo which did not get in to-day. Sails to-morrow sure." ...
— The Devil's Admiral • Frederick Ferdinand Moore

... pouring ladle with compound, which is thinner than that used in the first pouring, and pour within 1/16 inch of the top of the case, being careful to get in just enough, so that-after it has cooled, the covers will press down exactly even with the top of the case, Fig. 232. It will require some experience to do this, but you will soon learn just how much ...
— The Automobile Storage Battery - Its Care And Repair • O. A. Witte


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