phrasal verb · neutral
get in for
UK/ɡet ɪn fɔːr/US/ɡɛt ɪn fɔːr/GET·in·FOR
speakingtask2
to enter or be accepted for a competition, course, or activity
Examples
“She tried to get in for the scholarship programme but failed.”
“He got in for the national team last year.”
“Many students are trying to get in for medicine this year.”
Band 8 sentence
“He worked hard throughout high school and managed to get in for a competitive engineering programme.”
Collocations
- get in for a course / get in for the team
- try to get in for
Word family
get in for (something) phrasal verbgot in for past simple
Common mistakes
She got into medicine at Oxford.→She got in for medicine at Oxford.
He tried to get in the team.→He tried to get in for the team.
Say it for a higher band
5get into→6be accepted for→7+get in for
Synonyms
get into
be accepted for
Easily confused
get into
“She got into Harvard last year.”
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