gew イディオム

get a word in edgewise

manage to break into a conversation I couldn

cringeworthy

likely to promote embarrassment or apprehension

get a word in edgeways

Idiom(s): get a word in edgewise AND get a word in edgeways

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to manage to say something when other people are talking and ignoring you. (Often in the negative.)
• 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.

to get a word in edgeways

to try to contribute to a conversation: "They were talking so fast it was impossible to get a word in edgeways!"

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v. phr. To find a chance to say something when others are talking. The little boy listened to the older students and finally got in a word. Mary talked so much that Jack couldn't get a word in edgewise.

edgewise

edgewise
see get a word in edgewise.