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get a word in edgeways

get a word in edgeways is the alternative form of get a word in edgewise.

Meaning of get a word in edgewise

Verb

get a word in edgewise (third-person singular simple present gets a word in edgewise, present participle getting a word in edgewise, simple past got a word in edgewise, past participle (UK) got a word in edgewise or (US) gotten a word in edgewise)

  1. (US, derogatory, usually) To break into or participate in a conversation, especially where there is much interruption by other speakers.
    • Everyone was talking at once. I couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

Forms of get a word in edgeways

third-person singular presentgets a word in edgeways
present participlegetting a word in edgeways
pastgot a word in edgeways
past participle UKgot a word in edgeways
past participle USgotten a word in edgeways

Questions about get a word in edgeways

What is get a word in edgeways the alternative form of?
Get a word in edgeways is the alternative form of get a word in edgewise.

Words near get a word in edgeways in the dictionary

  1. get a room
  2. get a run on
  3. get a sad on
  4. get a wiggle on
  5. get a word in
  6. get a word in edgeways
  7. get a word in edgewise
  8. get a wriggle on
  9. get about
  10. get above oneself
  11. get across

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Adapted from Wiktionary: get a word in edgeways (page history and authors); get a word in edgewise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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