look in en · NOUN
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(colloquial) Any involvement or opportunity.
When it came to the tournament, our team didn't get a look in.
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
look in en · VERB
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To visit a place or person briefly and casually.
You might look in next time you're passing by.
"Mr Carrados?" she inquired. "Mr Stokesey told me to say that he would save you the trouble by looking in here during the next interval."
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| looked in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| looked in | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| looks in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| looking in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |