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get a word in en · VERB
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(US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in the negative) Ellipsis of get a word in edgewise.
If he ever gets a word in, it'll be a major Italian victory.
1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Captain Renault:Don't know. Even if I wanted to know, couldn't get a word in with Lashawn long enough to ask. Woman talks a blue streak.
2005, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain, spoken by Randall Malone (David Harbour):Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act [title]
2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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