get in with

English

Verb

get 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)

1. To become involved or associated with (especially a group of people)

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

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

     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.

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

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

Translations

to become involved or associated with

• Russian: сойти́сь (ru) pf (sojtísʹ)