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GET A WORD IN or GET A WORD IN EDGEWISE, also GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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get a word in

[get a word in] or [get a word in edgewise] also [get a word in edgeways] {v. phr.} To find a chance to say something when others are talking. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

edgewise

[edgewise] See: [GET A WORD IN] or [GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[word for word] {adv. phr.} In exactly the same words. * /Mary copied Sally's composition word for word./ * /Joan repeated the conversation word for word./ * /She learned the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

word

[word] See: [ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS], [AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD], [BY WORD OF MOUTH], [EAT ONE'S WORDS], [FROM THE WORD "GO"], [GET A WORD IN], [GET THE MESSAGE] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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