get in/get into sth
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
B2 to succeed in being chosen or elected:
He wanted to go to Cambridge, but he didn't get in.
Will the politician keep his promises when he gets into office?
More examples
- It is very difficult to get into that law school.
- Polls suggest that the Tories will get in at the next election.
- The Labour party got in by a landslide at the last election.
- He got into the university of his choice.
- She got into the county squad after attending a trial.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- have your/its moments idiom
- kill
- rise
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
- take hold idiom
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