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in the groove
*in the groove
Sl. attuned to something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I was uncomfortable at first, but now I'm beginning to get in the groove. Fred began to get in the groove, and things went more smoothly.
in the groove
doing something easily and well I haven't played in a month, but with a few more practices I'll be right back in the groove.
in the groove
Performing very well, excellent; also, in fashion, up-to-date. For example, The band was slowly getting in the groove, or To be in the groove this year you'll have to get a fake fur coat. This idiom originally alluded to running accurately in a channel, or groove. It was taken up by jazz musicians in the 1920s and later began to be used more loosely. A variant, back in the groove, means "returning to one's old self," as in He was very ill but now he's back in the groove. [Slang; mid-1800s]
in the groove
mod. cool; groovy; pleasant and delightful. (see also
get in the groove.)
Man, is that combo in the groove tonight! in the groove
Slang Performing exceptionally well.