get in on

present singular third person gets in on · participle present getting in on · past got in on · UK participle past got in on · US participle past gotten in on

1. informaltransitiveTo gain participation in an activity, especially an attractive one.

   Mr. Stetzle sighed. "Gee, I wish I could get in on something like that. Running a chopmill is a mighty slow way to get rich."

   1912 Dec, Modern Electrics, page 911/1

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   Of course, a lot of them say it is just their luck because they are not good enough grabbers to get in on anything like that.

   1916, The dry goods reporter, volume 47, number 1, page 1

   If you absorbed the rise of cryptocurrencies, this all may feel a bit less foreign. Likewise if you’ve kept up with the (market) story of Tesla, whose founder, Elon Musk, who has gone to war with short sellers, got in on the GameStop action this week.

   2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York Times