GET IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get in mean? 

• GET IN (verb)
  The verb GET IN has 4 senses:

1. to come or go into

2. succeed in a big way; get to the top

3. secure a place in a college, university, etc.

4. of trains; move into (a station)

  Familiarity information: GET IN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To come or go into

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into

Context example:

the boat entered an area of shallow marshes

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get in"):

take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

re-enter (enter again)

file in (enter by marching in a file)

pop in (enter briefly)

walk in (enter by walking)

call at; out in (enter a harbor)

take water (enter the water)

turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road)

board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))

intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)

encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)

dock (come into dock)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Succeed in a big way; get to the top

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

arrive; get in; go far; make it

Context example:

You will go far, my boy!

Hypernyms (to "get in" is one way to...):

bring home the bacon; come through; deliver the goods; succeed; win (attain success or reach a desired goal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Secure a place in a college, university, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

get in; get into

Hypernyms (to "get in" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Of trains; move into (a station)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

draw in; get in; move in; pull in

Context example:

The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station

Hypernyms (to "get in" is one way to...):

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Verb group:

close in; draw in (advance or converge on)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Get in the topsails and jibs and make a good job of it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But Gretel saw what she had in mind, and said: “I do not know how I am to do it; how do I get in?” “Silly goose,” said the old woman.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She should therefore arrive some time in the morning; but as she cannot possibly get in before then, we are all about to retire early.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

With OCD, the thoughts and rituals cause distress and get in the way of your daily life.

(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Arising: are you able to get in and out of bed?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Get In and Out of Bed, NCI Thesaurus)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Activities: are you able to get in and out of a car?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Get In and Out of Car, NCI Thesaurus)

Away ran the girls, too eager to get in to have time for speech.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He tried to get in with the blade of a very small penknife.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If the pain is severe, it might get in the way of your daily activities.

(Pelvic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

For example, tickets should not get in contact with food –for instance, meat or fish– while unpacking it in the kitchen.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)