Get In

Definition: Get In

Get In

Verb

1. To come or go into: "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes".

2. Succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!".

3. To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy".

4. Secure a place in a college, university, etc.

5. Move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Get In

Acquisition

Find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; scrape up, scrape together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.

Completion

Ripen, culminate; come to a head, come to a crisis; come to its end; die a natural death, die of old age; run its course, run one's race; touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal; reach; (arrive); get in the harvest.

Precession

Verb: go before, go ahead, go in the van, go in advance; precede, forerun; usher in, introduce, herald, head, take the lead; lead the way, lead the dance; get the start, have the start; steal a march; get before, get ahead, get in front of; outstrip; take precedence; (first in order).

Success

Speed; make progress; (advance); win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper; drive a roaring trade; make profit; (acquire); reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest; strike oil , gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account; turn to account; (use).

Crosswords: Get In

But what if none of us goes for the blonde? We won't get in each other's way and we won't insult the other girls (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Get in a good mood (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Eat my buddy Pumbaa here because he is a treat! Come on down and dine, on this tasty swine, all you have to do is get in line (The Lion King; writing credit: Irene Mecchi; Jonathan Roberts)

How'd we get in here (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

No disrespect, sir, but he's only gonna get in my way. If I'm gonna handle the situation for you, I'm gonna have to work alone (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

You get in a crowd of high class people and then you act real rude to me (Use Me; performing artist: Bill Withers)

Baby, you're a perfect ten, I wanna get in (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

There ain't nothing gonna get in my way (Everyday; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

My tears get in the way (Lost Without Your Love; performing artist: BREAD)

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Make it too tough for the enemy to get in, and you can't get out. (references; author: unknown)

Words Get In The Way (performing artist: Miami Sound Machine)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight (Berenstain, Stan, First Time Books.) (reference)

• Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (reference)

• Get in the Game: Careers in the Game Industry (reference)

• Embraced by Angels: How to Get in Touch With Your Own Guardian Angel (reference)

• Get in Touch With Yourself (Meditative Moments Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Get in Where You Fit in (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Don't Let Your Baby Get In Over Its Head. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Get in step! Make your food fit!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Get in and I will take you home to give me a bit of mittagessen] / W.T. Benda. Credit: Library of Congress.

You'll have to get in there and pitch. Credit: Library of Congress.

I have no ambition -- no inner drive -- to get in this thing again!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hey! How'd the old family portrait get in there?!!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Antiaircraft gun carriage. Assembling the foot firing mechanism on a thirty-seven-millimeter antiaircraft gun carriage. The gunner requires both hands to follow his swiftly moving target, and must get in as many shots as he can while the target is still w. Credit: Library of Congress.

Children waiting to get in the movies on Saturday afternoon. Littleton, New Hampshire. Credit: Library of Congress.

If you are an electrician, mechanic or a telegraph operator you belong in the U.S. Army Signal Corps If you are not we will train you, get in now / / Welsh. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It was apparently a fine occasion to get in a little sermon, and to set up the bishop above the convict in order to make an impression upon his mind

Like to get in to see that one

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It may get in the way of a good night's sleep and is embarrassing when it happens during the day. That's why it is important to understand that occasional incontinence is a normal part of growing up and that treatment is available for most children who have difficulty controlling their bladders. (references)

Although the sequence of emerging symptoms and the rate of disease progression vary from person to person, eventually patients will not be able to stand or walk, get in or out of bed on their own, or use their hands and arms. Difficulty swallowing and chewing impair the patient's ability to eat normally and increase the risk of choking. (references)

Business

Importer Adama SRL indicated that it would like to get in touch with U.S. suppliers of potassium sorbate, citric acid, benzoic acid, methylparabene, and phosphates. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "get in": get in a lock ♦ get in a muddle ♦ get in a paddy ♦ get in a stew ♦ get in a tangle ♦ get in between ♦ get in contact ♦ get in front of ♦ get in lane ♦ get in line ♦ get in on ♦ get in on the act ♦ get in on the ground floor ♦ get in ones hair ♦ get in one's hair ♦ get in quickly ♦ get in smb.'s hair ♦ get in the harvest ♦ get in the way ♦ get in the way on ♦ get in the world ♦ get in touch ♦ get in touch with ♦ get in trim ♦ get in trouble ♦ get in with. Additional references.

Albanian

vë (apply, attach, contract, deposit, direct, establish, get on, impose, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, settle, shut, stand, station, stick, Stow), hyj (come, come in, enter, go, go in, penetrate, perform, shrink, soak, turn in), fus (accept for, Bury, cram into, drive, embroil, enclose, engrain, enter, inclose, interpolate, introduce, launch, mix in, pack, plunge, poke, pour into, press in, put, put in the picture, set, shove, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, work in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاز على, ‏نفذ إلى (percolate), ‏تفضل بالدخول (go in), ‏تهرب (avoidance, be truant, beg the question, evade, fight shy of, fly in the face of, hedge, malinger, shirk, shun, sidestep, skulk, swing the lead), ‏توغل (force, get home, get through), ‏تعرف على سرائره, ‏دخل (come in, enter, extract, go in, income, march, move in, proceeds, revenue, roll, run, sink, step inside, take, taking, turn in, yield). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вкарвам (draw in, drive, drive in, fit in, introduce, let in, put in, set, stick, thrust, wheel in), влизам (bob in, come in, enter, get into, go, go in, hive, incur, inure, pass in, pass into, pull in, put in, step in, turn in, walk in), набавям си (provide oneself), пристигам за влак, прибирам (gather, hive, house, pack away, pouch, pound, put away, put up, remove, retract, round up, take in, truss, unship). (various references)

Chinese 

走後門 (do something by unofficial channels, get in by the back door), 聯絡 (communication, contact, get in touch with), �"� (a cover, arrange, cover, hinder, keep off, obstruct, put in order, resist, to block, to get in the way of). (various references)

Czech

vstoupit (come in, enter, go in, go into, walk in, walk into), vejít (enter, go in, go into, pass in, walk in), nastoupit (board, commence, fall in, get on, light upon, re-enter, succeed), nasednout. (various references)

Dutch

instappen (get into a car), in een auto stappen (get into a car), doordringen (penetrate). (various references)

Esperanto

eniĝi, enaŭtiĝi (get into a car). (various references)

Finnish

päästä sisälle. (various references)

French

monter (get into, get into a car, get on). (various references)

German

einsteigen (board, clamber in, climb in, enter, entrain, get into a car, get on, go into, jump on, pile in, to get in). (various references)

Greek 

μπαίνω (come in, come into, enter, get into, go in, go into, pass in, pull in, set foot in, slip into), φθάνω (arrive, attain, catch up, come, come on, come through, come up to, get, make, reach), εκλέγομαι (come in), εισέρχομαι (come in, enter, entrain, go in, go into). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"כ� ס (come in, enter, go in, step in). (various references)

Hungarian

fér (get into), bevisz (take in, to get in, to take in, to take into, type in), beszáll (fly in, get on, to board, to embark, to get in, to go aboard, to step in), bejut (to come into, to get in, to get into, to pass into). (various references)

Indonesian

berurusan (be concerned with, get in touch with). (various references)

Italian

introdurre (broach, insert, insinuate, introduce, Marshal, show in, slot, usher), entrare (come in, enter, entry, espousal, eventuate, eventuation, go, go in, go out, join, occur, perform, soak in, step in, to enter, walk in). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

這入り込む (to become complicated, to come into, to get in, to go into, to penetrate, to step in), 連絡�'取る (to get in touch with), 入り込む (to become complicated, to come into, to get in, to go into, to penetrate, to step in), 入り切れる (are able to get in), 入る (to accommodate, to break into, to come in, to contain, to enroll, to enter, to flow into, to get in, to go in, to have, to hold, to join, to set, to set in), 嵌める (to get in, to insert, to make love, to put on), 填める (to get in, to insert, to make love, to put on). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いりきれる (are able to get in), いり�"む (to become complicated, to come into, to get in, to go into, to penetrate, to step in), いる (to be, to boil down, to broil, to cast, to coin, to come in, to exist, to fire, to flow into, to fry, to get in, to go in, to mint, to need, to parch, to roast, to set, to set in, to shoot), れ�"らく�'とる (to get in touch with), はいり�"む (to become complicated, to come into, to get in, to go into, to penetrate, to step in), はめる (to get in, to insert, to make love, to put on). (various references)

Manx

faarney (drip, dripping, drop, Ferns, leak, leakage). (various references)

Pig Latin

etgay inay.(various references)

Portuguese

penetrar (break, embed, fathom, infiltrate, intrude, penetrate, perforate, permeate, reach, stick, strike through, transpierce), introduzir‐se (penetrate), entrar (come, come in, enter, go in, penetrate, perform, receive, run in, step into, to enter), chegar (achieve, arrive, climax, come, get, get around, land, measure up to, set in, suffice, to arrive, turn up). (various references)

Romanian

trece (bequeath, blow over, call, call on, cease, clear away, cross, die, diminish, disappear, elapse, enter, flow, Ford, get under, go, go by, go on, insert, jot down, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pop, reeve, register, roll, sail, sift, slip away, slip by, transmit, traverse, wear), plasa (fix, interpose, invest, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, position, post, put, put down, site, situate, station), intra (come in, enter, get into, go, go in, look in, perform, step in, wind oneself), fi ales. (various references)

Russian 

входить (bob in, bob into, come in, come into, enter, get into, go in, penetrate, perform, step in, step into), влезать (climb in), прибывать (arrive, come, come to hand, end up, get, wax). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ubaciti (infiltrate, inject, insert, interject, put in, slip in, throw into, work in), ući (come in, drive in, enter, get into, go into), stići (arrive, catch up, come, get, pull in, reach, reach out), dobiti (acquire, get, get hold of, obtain, receive, win). (various references)

Spanish

lograr decir, decir (call, go, let out, mention, observe, pass over, put, put in, read, recite, say, saying, speak, tell, think, to say, voice, word), encajar (chuck, dovetail, encase, enclose, fit, give, house, inclose, insert, nest, palm off, palm off on, put up with, rabbet, set in), entrar (access, approach, attack, bob in, bring in, call in, capture, come in, draw in, enter, fit, get at, go in, go up, input, introduce, invade, march in, pass in, perform, pull in, put in, rise, sail in, show in, step in, tackle, to enter, wade in, walk in), hacer entrar (bring in, call in, have in, move in, put in, send in, usher), introducir (bring in, bring on, cause, create, get into, give to, import, insert, interfere, introduce, introducir, make, show into), llegar (arrive, blow in, break through, bring up, catch, come, come across, come in, come of, come over, come round, come through, dock, draw in, end up, get, get around, immigrate, infiltrate, invade, jockey, land, last out, pass, pull in, reach, ride up, roll along, roll in, roll up, spend, throw out, to arrive, top off, touch down, travel, turn up, vaporize), congraciarse (ingratiate, ingratiate oneself), lograr dar, volver (abduce, call back, come back, cut back, get back, go back, hark back, put back, return, ride back, throw back, to return, turn, turn about, turn around, turn away, turn over, turn round, turning), obtener (achieve, acquire, attain, bring off, come by, derive, earn, elicit, extract, get, have, jump on, land, obtain, poll, procure, receive, secure, take out), plantar (plant, plantar, put in), recaudar (collect, gather in), recoger (bring in, catch, collect, fold, furl, garner, gather, gather in, gather up, get, glean, harvest, lay hold of, lift, pick, pick up, rake in, reap, reclaim, repossession, scavenge, scoop up, secure, take, take in, take up), regresar (call back, come back, comeback, get back, go back, put back, return, take back, throw back), ser elegido, tener influencia (carry weight, have influence), llegar a casa. (various references)

Swedish

tillkalla (call, call in, summon), stiga in, komma hem, få in (seat, take in). (various references)

Turkish

girmek (be enroled, be enrolled, come in, come into, draw into, enter, enter into, enter on, enter upon, gain admission, go, go in, go into, incur, insert, key, key in, keyboard, pull, sail in, sink into, slide into, slip into, step, step in, strike in, type into, walk in, walk into), seçilmek, içeriye girmek (come in, enter, step in, walk in), içeri girmek (come in, drive in, enter, pass into, step in, walk in). (various references)

Ukrainian

входити (come in, enter, go in, go into, log on, move in, step in, walk in), прибувати (arrive, come, land). (various references)

invado. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Get In" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gethin, getin. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: tinge.

-1 letter: gent, gien, nite, tine, ting.

-2 letters: eng, gen, get, gie, gin, git, net, nit, teg, ten, tie, tin.

-3 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti.

+1 letter: eating, engirt, feting, gentil, gunite, ignite, ingate, ingest, meting, nidget, signet, teeing, tewing, tieing, tinged, tinges, tingle, toeing, twinge.

+2 letters: anteing, antigen, atingle, beating, beignet, belting, besting, betting, denting, dieting, easting, eatings, editing, elating, eluting, emoting, etching, eviting, exigent, exiting, felting, fetting, figment, gahnite, gelatin, genetic, genital, genitor, gentian, gentile, getting, gillnet, gittern, glinted, glisten, granite, gratine, gunites, heating, hefting, henting, ignited, igniter, ignites, ingates, ingesta, ingests, ingoted, ingrate, integer, iteming, jesting, jetting, kinglet, lentigo, letting, lighten, lignite, meeting, melting, metring, mintage, mitogen, nesting, netting, nidgets, nighest, nightie, pelting, petting, pigment, renting, resting, retting, retying, ringent, ringlet, seating, setting, signets, singlet, stewing, stinger, tangier, teaming, tearing, teasing, tedding, teeming, tegmina, telling, temping, tending, tensing, tenting, terming, testing, theming, tiering, tighten, tingled, tingler, tingles, treeing, trueing, twiggen, twinged, twinges, tzigane, unitage, venting, vesting, vetoing, vetting, vintage, weeting, welting, westing, wetting, winglet, zesting.