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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of trains; move into (a station)
Example:
The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station
Synonyms:
draw in; get in; move in; pull in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
To come or go into
Example:
the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
Synonyms:
come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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 3
Meaning:
Secure a place in a college, university, etc.
Synonyms:
get in; get into
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "get in" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Succeed in a big way; get to the top
Example:
You will go far, my boy!
Synonyms:
arrive; get in; go far; make it
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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
Context examples:
By St. James! a blind man might find the place, for one has but to get in the wind from it, and follow the savory smell.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The big house did prove a Palace Beautiful, though it took some time for all to get in, and Beth found it very hard to pass the lions.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I have a thousand things to say to you; but make haste and get in, for I long to be off.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Then get in here and break this grip.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Investigate offers you get in the days that follow February 23, for one might send you off on a new path, sure to be exciting.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The cabman said that he could not imagine what had become of him, for he had seen him get in with his own eyes.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When this kind of behavior becomes compulsive, however, it can get in the way of normal life — an impediment sometimes observed in illnesses such as Tourette's syndrome and autism spectrum disorders.
(Research on repetitive worm behavior has implications for understanding human diseases, National Science Foundation)
It was already candle-light when we reached the hamlet, and I shall never forget how much I was cheered to see the yellow shine in doors and windows; but that, as it proved, was the best of the help we were likely to get in that quarter.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
How could they get in?
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I want to breathe air like you get in this house—air that is filled with books, and pictures, and beautiful things, where people talk in low voices an' are clean, an' their thoughts are clean.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
