phrasal verb · neutral
get in
/ɡet ɪn/get·IN
speakingtask2
1) to arrive (home, work); 2) to be accepted or elected; 3) to enter (a car, a building).
Examples
“What time did you get in last night?”
“She got in to her first-choice university.”
“Get in the car and we'll drive to the beach.”
Band 8 sentence
“I usually get in to the office around nine, but today I was delayed by traffic.”
Collocations
- get in (home/work) at + time
- get in to university
Word family
get in + place phrasal verbget into (school / university) phrasal verb
Common mistakes
I got in at 8pm last night (to mean 'I arrived home').→I got in at 8pm last night.
He got into the bus.→He got on the bus.
Say it for a higher band
5arrive→6come in→7+get in
Synonyms
arrive
Easily confused
get in / get on / get into
“She got into Harvard last year.”
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