get in with

verb

To become liked or accepted by and/or involved or associated with (especially a group of people)

“I got in good with my new boss.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. To become liked or accepted by and/or involved or associated with (especially a group of people)

    I got in good with my new boss.

    3 more examples

    I'm very worried about her – she's got in with the wrong crowd.

    I got in with the American Fur Company and set out for another tramp to trade with the Indians on the North and South Platte Rivers.

    1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 40

    What would she do if he went to some other pit, obtained work, and got in with another woman?

    1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 3, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Translations

Russian сойти́сь
  • сойти́сь (sojtísʹ)to become involved or associated with
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APA

get in with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20in%20with

MLA

“get in with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20in%20with. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get in with,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20in%20with.

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