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get a look in
get a look in
(British & Australian informal) to get a chance to do something that you would like to do or to succeed in something (usually negative) Chris was so popular with the girls that whenever he was around I didn't get a look in. The other team were so much better than us. We didn't get a look in.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Blanch | | [bla:ntʃ] | |
| Udo (2) | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Kay (3) | | KIE (Swedish) | Frisian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Aarthi | | - | Tamil |
| Quentin | | kawn-TEN (French), KWEN-tin (English) | French, English |
| French | | [frentʃ] | |