| 单词 | to get in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get in to get in 1. intransitive. a. To succeed in entering, to convey oneself into something; (also) to obtain a place in a society, institution of education, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] to go ineOE ingoc900 to come inOE incomec1000 infarec1000 enterc1325 enderc1330 ingressc1330 entera1382 to fall inc1384 usha1400 to get ina1425 to step in1534 to set (or put) (a) footing1567 invade1590 to take in1595 to hop in (also out)1914 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2972 The Roser was..Closed with an hegge withoute..And fast I bisiede..if I myght Haue geten ynne. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 206 He..went toward the posterne the whiche, with muche payne, they gatte in there at. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 94 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 264 Our ȝettis ar closit that we may not in gett. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 17 Port. How got they in? Man. Alas I know not, how gets the Tide in . View more context for this quotation a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 84 Although the bar of Porta Nova proved more..dangerous than we were informed; yet our ship got safe in thither. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 38 Three doors off the chaise was stayed, Where they did all get in. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ii. i. 47 There was one [candidate] who had got in by finding, accidentally, the tail of a rabbit. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1831) xiv. 129 He was in hopes to have gotten in as he had stolen out. 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 30 Oct. (1971) 248 The Colleges are now so full that a young mans name must be written down 3 or 4 years before he can hope to get in. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 722/2 The chaise having arrived..Trotter got in. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 90 It was a..trying march to-day for men and horses, and both were pretty well done by the time we got in. 1906 L. Smyth True Stories Children of All Nations xiii. 163 The still more broken-down shed, where the cold, and the wind, and the rain get in at will. 1918 W. Faulkner Let. 24 Nov. in Thinking of Home (1992) 135 You pass exams to get in and you pass exams to get out. 2006 R. Everett Red Carpets & Other Banana Skins viii. 77 There was a tiny kitchen, an even tinier bathroom with a bath so small one had to perform Houdiniesque contortions to get in. b. Of a candidate or political party: to be elected.Not current in U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > be elected to get in1700 1700 J. Verney Let. 10 Nov. in M. M. Verney Verney Lett. (1930) I. x. 159 The Coll. may carry it for the County, & Sir T. Lee get in at Aylesbury. 1755 E. F. Haywood Invisible Spy IV. iv. 690 We know him too well..;—but 'tis thought, however, that he will get in for some place or other. 1835 Reformers' Gaz. 31 Jan. 227 Godsake! give him Plumpers, said the Tories, otherwise this infernal Radical, Colin Dunlop, will get in! 1861 Temple Bar June 395 [He] is trying to get in for Wylminstre at the next election. 1908 G. K. Chesterton All Things Considered 39 When a canvasser says that if the opposition candidate gets in the country will be ruined, he is threatening the voters with certain consequences. 1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 202 If his mob gets in next election they'll whip up a nice old depression, just like they did the last time, and we'll all be scratching for jobs again. 2004 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 31 May b2 Ho hum. It's a foregone conclusion. The Liberals will get in with a majority, though maybe not as big as it is now. c. Of a person: to reach a destination, esp. to arrive home. Also: (of a train, bus, or passenger aircraft) to arrive at its destination. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] to come toOE comeOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 overtakec1225 redea1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to get through1589 reach1591 to be along1597 land1679 engage1686 to get in1863 to breeze in1930 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive comeOE to come to townOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 to come anovenonc1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 rede?a1400 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to be along1597 to drop in1609 to come ona1635 to walk in1656 land1679 engage1686 to come along1734 to get in1863 to turn up1870 to fall in1900 to lob1916 to roll up1920 to breeze in1930 to rock up1975 1863 Message President & Accompanying Documents: Rep. Secretary of Interior 337 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (38th Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Document 1, Pt. 3) III After the train gets in, which will be in about a week..he will furnish on my request any number I may think necessary. 1866 Punch 8 Sept. 107/2 While he's away, I think of the first sentence I'll write when we get in. 1877 Marlburian 7 June 80/1 The train gets in before daylight. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xi. 168 George went home again... When he got in, he determined to undress and go to bed again. 1902 W. B. Yeats Let. ?25 Nov. (1994) III. 261 I shall set my alarm clock & be ready for you as soon as the train gets in. 1929 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 29 Sept. in Hour of Gold (1973) 94 It's rather hard to get air-mail stamps in all these countries, and envelopes, when we get in so late and leave so early. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. i. 163 Shaking his hand and asking him..how come he came to be in New York, when'd he get in? 1978 P. Fitzgerald Bookshop ix. 100 The school bus gets in about five, doesn't it? 1996 I. Welsh Ecstasy 141 Come and see me straight away, son... Phone me as soon as you get in. 2006 S. Margolis Gucci Gucci Coo xvii. 279 The plane gets in at 6 a.m. Don't bother meeting me. 2. transitive. a. To succeed in bringing, conveying, putting, or causing to come or go in; spec. to bring in or buy; to get a stock of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > lay in a supply of to fet ina1556 to lay in1662 store1719 to get in1869 to turn down1891 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 39 Now ar we there As we shuld be. Do get in oure gere, Oure catall and fe. 1599 J. Thomas in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 8 We spent here very neere three moneths before we could get in our lading, which was Sugar. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 25 When the Fox hath once got in his Nose, Hee'le soone finde meanes to make the Body follow. View more context for this quotation 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 464 To get in a good and round supply of Provision into the Citadel. 1755 Connoisseur No. 58. ⁋3 They might also be of great use in maroding, or getting in forage. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §158 In getting in the bridle cable by means of its buoys. 1869 Mrs. H. Wood Roland Yorke II. xx. 125 She [sc. the landlady] gets things in for us, and wants to be paid for them. 1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 July 414/2 I fetched water, got in sticks, cleaned boots. 1907 R. Brooke Let. July (1968) 92 The Mrs Chaffey, the lady who will land us, wanted to know what food to get in. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms ix. 72 Most shopkeepers are getting in their Christmas goods. 1962 Oxf. Mail 22 June 4/7 So long as I can earn enough to pay the rent and get in the odd bottle, I'm happy. 2004 C. Bateman Driving Big Davie xxi. 211 Davie got the beers in and we sat at the bar and talked about nothing interesting or deep, which was a relief. b. To gather in or secure (harvest produce). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] gatherc950 getc1250 harvestc1400 in?1407 win1487 ingatherc1575 crop1602 enda1616 to get in1699 to get up1764 secure1842 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxxiiii. f.cxlix Euery man toke hede to kepe his owne, & the men of the countrey to gette in their cornes, for it was about the begynnynge of Auguste. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. iv. 118 The Scottes in somer tyme when haruest was getting in, wold leaue the monasteries. 1614 T. Dale Let. 18 June in R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia (1615) 57 I am resolved to stay till harvest be got in. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxx. sig. F6 For Death hee is neuer troubled..if hee get in but his Haruest before. 1699 Poor Man's Plea against Price of Corn 7 In all these Three Counties the Crop was good, and the Corn well got in. 1762 S. Foote Orators i. 13 It would be difficult..to get in even our harvests, without the aid of hands..from Ireland. 1772 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 288 We shall get in all our Corn Fother by the middle of next week. 1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 61 A summons to assist in getting in the vintage..wholly prevented him. 1889 A. V. Carr Margaret Maliphant II. xxi. 107 We had to get the hay in. 1931 E. Bowen Friends & Relations i. vi. 38 The present orchards are magnificent, though the apples are never got in in time; they rot in the grass. 1970 E. Welty Losing Battles 25 Everybody's busy getting in the last of their peas. 2002 T. DePree Can of Peas xxx. 311 Thought we'd see if you could use a few extra hands to get the harvest in. c. To collect or gather (contributions of money, esp. sums owed). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > collect money uptake1493 uplift1508 to get in1570 collect1643 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. iv. 409/1 The pope of them maketh hys Tolners and bankers to get in hys money. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. Kkk/2 Se faire paier de ses dettes, to get in his debts. 1754 J. Hill (title) The Young Secretary's Guide..with a true method every honest dealer should take to get in what is owing to him. 1766 G. G. Beekman Let. 7 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 501 Unless a Large Sum of money is Struck in this and the neighbouring Government we shall never get in Our Debts. a1807 J. Skinner Amusem. Leisure Hours (1809) 119 Our vestry meets, and I get in my sums; The half year's stipend makes a pretty show, But twenty ways poor fifteen pounds must go. 1884 G. Allen Philistia I. viii. 217 The poor landlords can't get in their rents. 1886 Law Times 80 132/1 Some of the assets had been got in by the receiver, and had never come to her hands at all. 1912 Med. Council Dec. 479/1 Since the Government made its raid, Brown has..put on more pressure in a frenzied desire to get in as much money as possible before his trial. 1992 Lloyd's Rep. 2 418 The task of the liquidators of an insolvent company is first to get in assets and then, secondly, deal with claims against the insolvent company. d. British. To bring (a person) to one's home or establishment for a particular purpose. ΚΠ 1902 Brewers' Jrnl. 15 Feb. 90/1 He..asked if he should get a builder in to prop up the floor. 1938 D. Cooper Diary 12 Sept. (2005) 258 At 6.30 Winston came to see me and I got Backhouse in to meet him. 1962 P. Mortimer Pumpkin Eater xi. 77 We got men in to paint the rooms. 2007 Guardian 2 Jan. 25/5 Getting a man in to paint your walls, fit a lavatory seat or even assemble your Ikea flatpack. 3. to get in with. a. (a) intransitive. To become familiar with, attain to intimacy or favour with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well) gree?a1513 to get in with1602 cotton1605 to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617 to hit it1634 gee1685 to set horses together1685 to be made for each other (also one another)1751 to hit it off1780 to get ona1805 to hitch horses together1835 niggle1837 to step together1866 to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893 to stall with1897 cog1926 groove1935 click1954 vibe1986 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > become friendly > become friendly or intimate to get in with1602 familiarize1622 pal1848 chum1884 buddy1916 cop1940 1602 A. Copley Another Let. to Dis-iesuited Kinseman 63 He would gladly get in with some of them that be in authoritie. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Bb3v/2 To get in with one, to scrue himself into his Friendship. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 215 He so contrived his Business as to get in with our Men. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 34 He is got in with the Whigs. 1744 S. Fielding Adventures David Simple II. 284 I got in with a Set of Sharpers, and..was admitted to share some Part of the Booty. 1858 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 2) 60 If we can't get in with the nobs,..we will never take up with any society that is decidedly snobby. 1887 A. Elliot Old Man's Favour II. iii. iii. 186 I couldn't get in with him at all;..he's tremendously reserved. 1938 J. Thurber Let. 22 Jan. (2002) 276 He's a fine reporter, the best mixer I know—he can get in with anyone anywhere. 1988 E. Lovelace Brief Conversat. 115 ‘How a nice girl like you could get in with such a vagabond fellar’? 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) viii. 88 But Rafiq's got in with a bad crowd. (b) transitive. To bring (a person) into favour with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > bring into favour with favourish1490 to get in with1628 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. ii. sig. B4v His fashion and demure Habit gets him in with some Towne-precisian, & makes him a Guest on Friday nights. 1873 Melbourne Punch 19 June 193/2 This note will get you in with old Moltke. 1893 M. F. Egan Success of Patrick Desmond xxix. 386 ‘It was your being so thick with the Baroness that got me in with Bayard,’ observed Miles. 1914 Sat. Evening Post 12 Sept. 57/1 All the ten years I've been in the profesh it's been my looks that got me in with the managers and women, and my—my luck. 2005 A. Shearer Hunted 166 You have to grow up and face the world, kid. If I get you in with the Hartingers, you've got a head start. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > set a ship's course > sail close to pikea1522 to get in with1688 1688 tr. G. Tachard Relation Voy. Siam iii. 95 When we were got in with that Land, we advanced by little and little, dropping an Anchor so soon as the wind left us. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 181 At 6 at Night we got in with the Land. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. i. 302 We were extremely impatient to get in with the nearest Island. 1797 Sir J. Jervis 15 Feb. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) II. 333 I was fortunate in getting in with the Enemy's Fleet before it had time to connect. 1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 67 The wind falling, and veering to the westward, we tacked, to get in with the ice. 1848 J. F. Cooper Jack Tier I. vii. 207 The wind was now so light that he saw little prospect of getting in with the reef again. 1894 E. Coast S. Amer. (U.S. Hydrographic Office) (ed. 2) iii. 87 There are numerous rivers along the coast, and in getting in with the land attention should be paid to their streams. ΚΠ 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 10 If..you are pinched for room, you may leave no Space between Letter and Letter; and then one or two Spaces between a Word will serve. This by Printers is called Getting in, or Setting close. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. i. 11 [The purchaser] ought to take notice..whether it [sc. the type] drives out, or gets in, either at the head, or the foot, and is, as Printers call it, Bottle-arsed. 1771 P. Luckombe Hist. & Art of Printing 218 (caption) A scheme, shewing how one Body of Letter Gets in, and Drives out, more than another, in Width. 1808 C. Stower Compositor's & Pressman's Guide 44 He should consider the best mode of rectifying the accident, either by driving out or getting in above the error or below it. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. iii. 62 The hyphen may generally be dispensed with, either by driving out or getting in the word. 1841 W. Savage Dict. Art of Printing 267 If copy makes less than it was calculated to do, they say, it gets in. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > hawk [verb (intransitive)] > hawking procedures rebuke1486 whistlea1575 to cast a lure1683 to get in1686 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation iii. vii. 86 He that first gets in, cries Hoo-up, to give Notice that he is down, and Blows a Death. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 7 To go up to a hawk when she has killed her quarry is to ‘get in’. 1891 J. E. Harting Bibliotheca Accipitraria 223 Get in, to reach the hawk as soon as she has killed. 6. transitive. a. To yoke or harness (a horse). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke yokeOE harness13.. cart-saddle1377 join1377 couple1393 enharness1490 benda1522 bind1535 span1550 team1552 spang1580 inyoke1595 trace1605 enclose?1615 gear1638 to get in1687 reharness1775 reyoke1813 to hook up1825 inspan1834 hitch1844 pole1846 stock1909 1687 J. Weichard in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 420 Having got in my Horse, we began our Voyage. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xxii. 163 There was an indistinct cry from some rangers on the summit of the hill, of which we could only distinguish the words, ‘The horses! the horses! get in the horses!’ 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxii I will tell the boy to get your horses in. 1963 R. Moody Dry Divide (1994) ii. 29 Whichever one of you can ride, help me get the horses in! 2013 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 May 7 ‘Charlie might go for a ride after school if we've got the horses in,’ Ms Casanova said. b. To bring or drive (livestock) into a stockyard. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > drive or put into enclosure parc1300 foldc1440 house1578 pinfold1605 pen1607 enfold?1611 impen?1623 to get in1698 weara1724 yard1758 to run in1837 corral1847 paddock1847 kraal1865 1698 Mem. E. Ludlow I. 73 After this Deliverance we got in some Cattle for our Provision, but the Enemy drawing into the Villages about us, soon prevented us from bringing in any more. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xxix The captain was getting in the ‘scrubbers’—cattle which had been left..to run wild in the mountains. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 217 A portion of the herd he thought he could get in. 1928 P. T. Kenway Pioneering in Poverty Bay viii. 56 It was said of the Highland shepherd in New Zealand, that he would..work his dogs, getting in stray sheep, every day for a month. 1963 M. Britt Pardon my Boots 142 A small mob of quiet cattle..were used to get in the wild cattle. 2010 Farmer's Weekly 17 Dec. 68/2 As we were getting the cows in, a few were staggering as if drunk. Thinking it was a bit early for festive merriment, I phoned the vet. c. To sow (seed), plant (a crop, a bulb, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] sowc1000 besowc1175 inseminate1623 to put in1657 sprain1744 shed1770 to get in1771 seminate1796 broadcast1807 seed1814 1771 G. Culley Jrnl. 8 July in M. Culley & G. Culley Trav. Jrnls. & Lett. (2002) 74 In seed-time they go always at gee again..that the seed may be got in as fast as possibly. 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 ii. 566 I find it [a roller]..useful in getting-in my spring corn, when the ground is dry and rough. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 i. 192 April is the usual time for getting in the seed. 1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned iv. 426 A great flood of domesticities overwhelmed her..the bulbs to get in. 1959 Home Encycl. 20 The main crop need not be got in until March. 2009 B. Hambly Homeland 157 Papa..left me with instructions for getting in the corn, pumpkins, squashes, etc. next week. 7. transitive. a. To succeed in introducing (a remark, point, question, etc.) into a conversation or discussion; to interpose, contribute. Chiefly in to get a word in: see word n. and int. Phrases 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt or interpose [verb (intransitive)] chop in1550 to speak in a man's cast1580 to break through1659 interpose1667 interrupt1667 to break in1705 to catch up1764 to get ina1774 to strike in1791 to get a word, etc. in edgeways1824 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1779) 40 Had sae, and lat me get a word in. 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 12 Oct. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1884) I. v. 238 I enjoy talking to Mr Combe... I sometimes manage to get in more than a negative or affirmative. 1892 Nature Notes Oct. 214 When one of the children does get a remark in, it is always intensely to the point. 1919 W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence xi. 62 I flattered myself that I had got in that important question very naturally. 1976 Times 2 Feb. 16/4 Any flexibility in the system must therefore be a concession from his point of view. So he proceeded to get his pitch in early. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! x. 101 Jeremiah was trying to get his tanners worth in as well. 2001 S. Brett Death on Downs xxxix. 260 ‘I got my question in first.’ Carole realized that she sounded impossibly girlish. b. to get one's hand in: see hand n. Phrases 3f(a). c. To succeed in delivering (a blow). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow) setc1300 smitec1300 layc1330 drivec1380 slentc1380 hit?a1400 to lay ona1400 reacha1400 fetchc1400 depart1477 warpc1480 throw1488 lenda1500 serve1561 wherret1599 senda1627 lunge1735 to lay in1809 wreak1817 to get in1834 1834 D. Walker Brit. Manly Exercises (ed. 2) 269 To get a blow in, make a step forward with the left foot, and throw the weight on it. 1842 Spirit of Times 3 Sept. 322/2 He went right to work, got in a sharp body blow and stopped a wicked return. 1891 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Nov. 750/1 The youngster got in a nasty blow, drawing streams of blood from his opponent's face. 1918 D. Haig Diary 3 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 437 More than once he expressed the opinion that the ‘Germans are breaking up’, and was anxious lest they should fall back before I could get my blow in. 1977 Y. M. Boateng Return vi. 87 He got in a number of painful punches to the noses and ears of his antagonists. 1998 O. Tyaransen in S. Champion & D. Scannell Shenanigans (1999) ix. 156 A real nasty piece of work,..the kind of guy who'd get a sly kick in when there was a scrap in the playground. d. To succeed in performing or achieving (something), esp. within a specified time; to fit (something) into one's schedule. ΚΠ 1838 E. C. Gaskell Let. 17 July (1966) 19 I had engaged a girl..to help in all the extra work, & meant to get all sorts of things in. 1890 Jrnl. Educ. Sept. 479/1 We are not bound to get in a certain period [of history] by a certain date. 1894 Outing Sept. 432/2 Four clerks composed the staff, and they all made haste to get in some practice in the English language. 1944 M. Lowry Let. July in Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 455 We were..able to get in many good hours work to-day, however, in spite of the bloody kids. 1975 S. Selvon Moses Ascending 34 This crowd was getting in a little practice for a Carnival or some such prank. 1998 G. Ritchie Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 33 The only thing I care about is whether you get your rest in. 2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 26/1 Now it's the end of the day and you're beating yourself up because you didn't get your workout in. e. to get one's eye in: see to get one's eye in at eye n.1 Phrases 2j(d). 8. intransitive. Originally U.S. a. To gain entrance into some sphere of activity (esp. a business) so as to secure a share or advantage. Esp. in to get in first: (a) to act in such a way as to pre-empt others; (b) to interpose a remark before another person can speak.to get in on the ground floor: see ground floor n. b. ΚΠ 1901 E. T. Tomlinson Camping on St. Lawrence i. 8 The reason the railroads couldn't make any money was because the lawyers got in first, and the roads had to take what little they left. 1903 Rep. Governor New Mexico to Secretary of Interior 1902 (U.S. House of Representatives, 57th Congress, 2nd Sess.) 301 The buyer got in early and made his contracts before the demand became very heavy. 1933 E. Ferber They brought their Women 192 He got in early..and made his pile, but he isn't one of the big shots. 1940 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 27 Jan. 8/2 Railway administration..permitted private enterprise to get in first, thus pretermitting a magnificent opportunity. 1951 C. P. Snow Masters xv. 136 ‘Do you agree with me or don't you?’ Brown got in first: ‘I'm sure I should be speaking for the college in saying that [etc.]’. 1976 Daily Mirror 12 Mar. 7/6 Getting in quick is the first law of the jungle. 1988 Shoot! 10 Dec. 8/1 Fergie heard that his old club Aberdeen wanted Milne and decided to get in first. 1998 I. Rankin Hanging Garden (1999) xxxvi. 387 The solicitor was about to say something, but Colquhoun got in first. 2008 Victorian July 10/1 Their developers..were rewarded for getting in first and developing a new market. b. to get in on: to involve oneself in (an advantageous venture or activity). to get in on the act: see act n. Phrases 10a. ΚΠ 1905 H. A. Mitchell Keays Work of our Hands v. 71 I hadn't had time yet to do that—I was too busy getting in on things. 1913 Advertising & Selling Aug. 50/2 If you want to get in on these special low prices. 1939 Fortune Nov. 15/3 A barely repressible yen to go whooping off to get in on the excitement. 1963 R. Kaiser in N.Y. Herald Tribune 17 Nov. (N.Y. Suppl.) 17/1 Yale people fancy that when tailgating began..after the last war, they had got in on something new. 1990 J. Cummings & E. Volkman Goombata iii. 66 The guys who sought to get in on the racket. 2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano Gomorrah (2008) 269 He realized that La Torre's strategy was more than simply about getting in on a huge deal. c. In imperative in get in there: get busy, get to work (sometimes with sexual overtones); get down to it, pitch in. Cf. to get stuck in at stick v.1 Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1927 Amer. Speech 3 132 Freshmen are encouraged to study in such terms as:..‘get in there and fight 'em’. 1934 D. Hammett Brother's Keeper in Collier's 17 Feb. 42/4 What the hell are you boxing for? You're a fighter. Get in there and fight. 1955 B. Schulberg Waterfront x. 130 Then knock off the chin music. Git in there. Number two hatch starboard gang. Puh-ronto. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect ii. 135 Wherrr! Git in there, Nobby! 1985 B. Zephaniah Dread Affair 19 Come natty dread youths get in there Give away what you have spare. 2006 Whitelines Feb. 26/2 The 9th person goes free—so cobble together 8 of your mates and get in there! 9. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. to get in bad (or wrong): to incur dislike; to get into trouble. Also: (transitive) to bring (someone) into disfavour; to get (someone) into trouble; cf. bad n.2 1c. Frequently const. with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > [verb (transitive)] > bring into disfavour disgrace1597 deingrate1624 queer1818 to get in bad1902 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be or become displeased [verb (intransitive)] > displease loathec893 overthinkc1175 displeasec1400 to stick in the throat (also craw, gizzard, stomach, etc.)c1536 unsavoura1547 distastea1618 disrelish1631 to give (also cause, etc.) offence to1712 spoil sport1869 to get in bad1902 1902 W. S. Stafford Safe Methods of Stock Speculation 47 Most traders are continually figuring on getting out even, in case they get in wrong. 1906 Washington Post 24 Dec. 6/7 I've got in bad with him, fer true. 1910 O. Johnson Varmint xi. 152 Dink, you're getting in wrong again. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. iv. 144 People are beginning to think he's odd... He certainly is getting in wrong. 1921 S. Ford Inez & Trilby May iii. 56 So much prattle about a rich uncle who couldn't be produced was bound to get us in wrong sooner or later. 1928 Observer 19 Feb. 16/2 Young Woodley..prefers poetry to cricket. That, of course, ‘gets him in bad’ with his house-master. 1966 Listener 27 Oct. 622/2 The speech he made in Chicago which got him in bad with the organizers of Negro protest marches. 1994 H. Burton Leonard Bernstein ii. xiii. 123 It is best to have a thousand friends rather than one enemy so don't get in wrong with the newspapers. 2003 J. Lethem Fortress of Solitude i. xvi. 253 Senior'd done something to get himself in bad with the pimps and dealers running the Times Plaza Hotel. b. to get in good: to get into favour (with a person). ΚΠ 1910 Amer. Architect 13 Apr. 32/2 (advt.) Get in good with yourself now and recommend the best boiler built. 1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 7 Nov. The husband, jumping at a chance to ‘get in good’ came home from work the next day with a bundle of books. 1985 N. Shange in T. McMillan Breaking Ice (1990) 587 Bernice pursed her lips, thinking now would be the time to get in good with Mrs. Brown. 2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Apr. a12/3 ‘You figure if you want to make it with the Big Guy,’ he says, ‘you better get in good’ with Brother Nichols. < as lemmas |
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