GETS IN Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

gets in

verb

present tense third-person singular of get in

as in arrives

to get to a destination it will be late when you get in, so you may have trouble finding a taxi

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Recent Examples of gets in Even Fresno gets in on this, with several days of highs in the 80s later in the coming week. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The engineering department designed the parts of the brush to fit snugly so that no water gets in. — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 One person then falls to the ground, and the other gets in a car and drives off. — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 In a series distinguished by copious disgusting battle scenes, Ormund co-stars in one of its very grossest—a gross-on-gross-on-gross flambé—and almost gets in one last barf. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Everything, however, will change come Monday as that’s when the team finally gets in pads. — Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 Similarly, Lindsey Bomgren, a personal trainer based in Minneapolis, gets in her steps each morning while using her phone’s talk-to-text app to draft emails and write herself notes. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 27 July 2026 Then everyone hugs and promises to stay in touch, before life gets in the way. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 The man who is never the smartest or hardest working person in the room has brought to Connecticut a team of combatants who are devoted to winning by laying waste to anyone, especially women, who gets in the way. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

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The modern American Dream is best described as a private bunker where the outside world arrives entirely in a cardboard box or a fiber-optic cable.

— John Mac Ghlionn, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
Now, as van den Berg arrives for his first NFL regular season with Sunday’s Bears-Panthers opener in Charlotte, he is expected to play a sizable role as part of the Bears’ defensive line rotation.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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Trump has also posted numerous AI memes on social media about Canada, and the White House’s official X account posted an image of a bald eagle stepping on what appears to be a Canada goose.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Rather, Venezuela’s interim government appears to be weighing options that align with the interests of US companies considering investments in the country, which would not want to be constrained by OPEC production quotas.

— Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026