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Phrasal Verb: Get in

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Get in - Arrange for someone to do a job in your home, workplace, etc
Example:
The air conditioning has broken down; we'll have to GET a technician IN to fix it.
Notes:
- Separable [obligatory]
- International English
Get in - Arrive (train, plane, etc.)
Example:
Her plane GETS IN at 2am our time.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Arrive home
Example:
She didn't GET IN till well after twelve o'clock because she'd been out for a few drinks with her mates.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Enter a car or taxi
Example:
The taxi pulled up and we GOT IN.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
Get in - Buy or obtain supplies, like food
Example:
We need to GET some coffee IN; we're completely out.
Notes:
- Separable [obligatory]
- International English
Get in - Arrive at work, school, home
Example:
I GOT IN late today because the train broke down.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Enter a building or place
Example:
I borrowed her pass to GET IN.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Be elected
Example:
The government GOT IN with a very small majority.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Manage to say or do
Example:
I couldn't GET a word IN throughout the meeting.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Be admitted to a university, club, etc
Example:
He did badly in the entrance exam and didn't GET IN.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Get in - Bring inside a place
Example:
It's raining; I'd better GET the washing IN.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
Get in - Submit, apply
Example:
We have to GET the forms IN by the end of this week.
Notes:
- Separable [obligatory]
- International English
Get in - Pay for drinks
Example:
He GOT the drinks IN.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 66 phrasal verbs with 'GET'

- Get about
- Get above
- Get across
- Get across to
- Get after
- Get ahead
- Get ahead of
- Get along
- Get along in
- Get along with
- Get around
- Get around to
- Get at
- Get away
- Get away from
- Get away with
- Get away!
- Get back
- Get back at
- Get back into
- Get back to
- Get back together
- Get behind
- Get behind with
- Get by
- Get by on
- Get by with
- Get down
- Get down on
- Get down to
- Get in
- Get in on
- Get in with
- Get into
- Get it
- Get it off
- Get it off with
- Get it on
- Get it on with
- Get it together
- Get it up
- Get off
- Get off it
- Get off on
- Get off with
- Get off!
- Get on
- Get on at
- Get on for
- Get on to
- Get on with
- Get onto
- Get out
- Get out of
- Get out!
- Get over
- Get over with
- Get round
- Get round (around) to
- Get round (or around)
- Get through
- Get through to
- Get to
- Get together
- Get up
- Get up to

 
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