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get ink

get ink verb: to receive publicity.

Verb

get ink (third-person singular simple present gets ink, present participle getting ink, simple past got ink, past participle (UK) got ink or (US) gotten ink)

  1. (idiomatic) To receive publicity.
    • Soon everybody, not just the Lefraks, was sneering. Donald Trump was getting more ink than Harry Helmsley, and there were no buildings to show for it, just bizarre stories with acronyms like CPC, UDC, MTA in them.1980 November 17, Marie Brenner, “Trumping the Town”, in New York Magazine, page 27
    • [The amendment wi]ll get overturned. Big fuss for nothing. — It might get overturned, but it gets ink along the way.2014 February, John Mankiewicz, House of Cards, season 2, episode 6

Forms of get ink

third-person singular presentgets ink
present participlegetting ink
pastgot ink
past participle UKgot ink
past participle USgotten ink

Origin of get ink

From get, ink. From the sense of ink as "publicity," referring to the ink used for newspapers.

Questions about get ink

What does get ink mean?
Get ink means to receive publicity.
What part of speech is get ink?
Get ink is a verb.
What is the past tense of get ink?
The past tense of get ink is got ink.

Words near get ink in the dictionary

  1. get in the sea
  2. get in the way
  3. get in there
  4. get in touch
  5. get in with
  6. get ink
  7. get inside someone's pants
  8. get into
  9. get into character
  10. get into it
  11. get into one's stride

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