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get a look in

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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.

See also: get, look