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- get a word in edgewise and get a word in edgeways
get a word in edgewise and get a word in edgeways
get a word in edgewise and get a word in edgeways
Fig. to manage to say something when other people are talking and ignoring you. (Often in the negative. Alludes to trying to "squeeze" a word into a running conversation.) It was such an exciting conversation that I could hardly get a word in edgewise. Mary talks so fast that nobody can get a word in edgeways.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Artaxerxes | | - | Ancient Persian (Hellenized), History, Biblical |
Samİ | | - | Turkish |
LŪCija | | - | Latvian |
Frannie | | FRAN-ee | English |
Philippa | | FIL-i-pə (English), fi-LIP-ə (English) | English (British), German |
Patricie | | - | Czech |