Meanings
- not comparableslangHaving achieved a goal or gained access as desired.
[Robert] Gibbs is perfectly affable and even, in his way, courtly. And yet he seems to be not quite listening. Nothing touches him. This is no doubt partly because everybody understands he's in like Flynn.
2009 June 4, Michael Wolff, “The Power and the Story”, in Vanity Fair
Origin
Perhaps referring to Errol Flynn, Australian actor known for womanizing, or Edward J. Flynn, successful campaign manager for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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