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Idioms and Phrases
- get a word in edgewise, to succeed in entering a conversation or expressing one's opinion in spite of competition or opposition:
There were so many people talking at once that I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
More idioms and phrases containing edgewise
see get a word in edgewise .Example Sentences
The show assembled a panel of faux-MSNBC hosts who couldn't get a word in edgewise over constant breaking news alerts that Trump offered a trade of Connecticut for Italy or declared a "war on sharks."
But he did not have good answers, even on those rare occasions when he was allowed to get in a word edgewise.
There are moments when you almost wish Castillo would stop talking so you can get a word in edgewise.
The current president barely gets a word in edgewise.
Luhrmann is moving so fast, with such mannered, overbearing self-consciousness, that Butler can barely get a hip swivel in edgewise, let alone a fully realized characterization.
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