fit in
— phrasal verb with fit uk/fɪt/us/fɪt/verb -tt-
C1 to feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by that group:
It's no surprise she's leaving - she never really fitted in.
B2 If one thing fits in with another thing, they look pleasant together or are suitable for each other:
It's a very nice sofa but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the room.
More examples
- She says that she doesn't fit in at her new school.
- She's exactly the type of person we need in our department - she should fit in perfectly.
- It became clear very quickly that the new assistant wasn't going to fit in.
- I tried so hard to fit in, but the other staff there were reluctant to accept me.
- Being the only father at the mothers-and-toddlers group, he struggled to fit in at first.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- horses for courses idiom
- keeping
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
- suitable
- valid
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Being suitable or unsuitable