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	Pronounced	Usage
Beth	[beθ]
Rhoda	RO-də (English)	Biblical, English
Katsuro	kah-tsoo-ṙo:	Japanese
Clara	KLAH-rah (Italian, German, Spanish), KLER-ə (English), KLAR-ə (English)	Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Marise	-	French
Esperanza	es-pe-RAHN-thah (Spanish), es-pe-RAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish