Get an in with
Also, have an in with. Acquire (or have) influence with someone in authority. For example, The only way they’ll allow us to film the play is if we get an in with the director, or We should have no problem, since Dad has an in with the inspector. This idiom employs the noun in the sense of “an introduction to someone of power, fame, or authority,” a usage dating from the 1920s.
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- Get another kick at the cat
verb phrase To have another chance: an attorney could lose one trial strategy, then present a new one to ”get another kick at the cat” (1980s+)
- Get a rise out of someone
verb phrase To get a response from someone, esp a warm or angry one: His limp joke got a rise and some projectiles out of the crowd [1886+; fr the rising, the appearance, of a fish or other quarry]
- Get a room
verb phrase a request for a public display of affection to be taken to a private location Usage Note slang sentence A request for a public display of affection to be taken to a private location: Quit making out and get a room
- Get around someone
verb phrase To persuade or fool someone, often with an illicit motive: Somehow she managed to get around the jury (1891+)