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got in

got in is the simple past and past participle of get in.

Meaning of get in

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
  2. (transitive) To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
    • Hurry up and get in the car!
  3. (intransitive) To enter a place; to gain access.
    • If you want to get in, you'll need the gate code and a key.
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To secure membership at a selective school.
    • All of our students who applied to university got in.
  5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be elected to some office.
    • Do the early results say our candidate will get in?
  6. (transitive) To fit (words) into a conversation etc.
    • "That'll be all right, governor," hastily got in Fank, though similar experiences in the past prompted him not to be entirely impressed by a receiver's methods.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

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Questions about got in

What is got in the simple past and past participle of?
Got in is the simple past and past participle of get in.

Words near got in in the dictionary

  1. got high
  2. got hitched
  3. got hold of
  4. got home
  5. got ideas
  6. got in
  7. got in on
  8. got in one's way
  9. got in someone's pants
  10. got in the boat and rowed
  11. got in the boat and started rowing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got in (page history and authors); get in (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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