get in on

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, informal) To gain participation in an activity, especially an attractive one.
   • 1912 Dec, Modern Electrics, page 911/1:

     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."

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

     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.

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

Derived terms

• get in on the act

Anagrams

• neginot