if a train, plane etc gets in, it arrives
to arrive at home or at work
to ask someone to come to your house, office etc in order to do something for you
to be accepted to study at a school or chosen to play for a team etc
to be elected for a political job
to buy or collect things that you need
to deliver or send something to a person or place
to manage to fit something such as an activity or comment into a small amount of time
Anyway, no one can get in there without going through the ref library.
He searched for something to say, knowing suddenly that he had waited too long to get in touch with her.
I have to get this homework in by the end of the week.
I'm afraid an earlier attempt to get in touch with Signorina Minetti also met with a conspicuous lack of success.
I've seen women a lot heavier than you strut and dare the world to get in the way.
It’s a very exclusive school and you have to pass an exam to get in.
Kara’s friends are coming at the weekend, so get lots of chocolate in.
Mark never gets in before 9.30.
One writer managed to get in 20 plugs for his new book in a single interview.
Our flight got in on time.
The Labour Party got in again in 2001.
The London train gets in at 10.05.
We’re getting a plumber in to fix the leak.
You got in very late last night!
gets in
getting in
got in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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