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Get in meaning

Get in is a phrasal verb with 4 meanings. One of them is to gain access to a place, sometimes through force or deception.

Past simple
got in
Past participle
got in
-ing form
getting in

What get in means

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To gain access to a place, sometimes through force or deception

We had forgotten the key, but we got in through a window.

3 more meanings of get in are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With get: get back, get on, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away, get away with.

With in: come in, go in, fill in, believe in, check in, give in, hand in, keep in, log in, move in.

Common questions

What does get in mean?

It has 4 meanings. One of them is to gain access to a place, sometimes through force or deception. The other 3, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of get in?

Got in, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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