Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short visit.
- noun A quick glance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hasty look or glance; a short stay.
- noun A chance of success.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun idiomatic A quick glance.
- noun idiomatic A brief visit.
- noun idiomatic, UK A chance to participate, compete, or succeed.
- noun American football A quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.
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Examples
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Other good candidates don't have a heavyweight patron, so don't get a look-in.
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He stopped to take a look-in at uninhabited Rose island with an eye to colonizing and planting cocoanuts.
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He describes how hard it is for an author to get published these days - authors who have already published several books can't even get a look-in with their new work, or if an editor likes a title, it will not getapproved bythe sales and marketing departments.
Publishing Maxine 2009
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The truth, of course, is that the people have not had a look-in: it has been endorsed only by the parties that drew it up.
The Coalition and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor – review 2011
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He describes how hard it is for an author to get published these days - authors who have already published several books can't even get a look-in with their new work, or if an editor likes a title, it will not getapproved bythe sales and marketing departments.
April 2009 Maxine 2009
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He describes how hard it is for an author to get published these days - authors who have already published several books can't even get a look-in with their new work, or if an editor likes a title, it will not getapproved bythe sales and marketing departments.
Trends in book publishing Maxine 2009
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When it comes to discussions of the game's greats — and even of just its modern greats — batting all-rounder Mr. Kallis rarely gets a look-in, and almost never did until recently.
South African Deserves Some Love Richard Lord 2011
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Andrew MuellerIn among the tawdry affairs and secret service murders, the actual news programme that everyone's been working on hasn't really had much of a look-in.
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He describes how hard it is for an author to get published these days - authors who have already published several books can't even get a look-in with their new work, or if an editor likes a title, it will not getapproved bythe sales and marketing departments.
Trends in book publishing Maxine 2009
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Tomatoes and Japanese knotweed get a look-in now and again.
Science Maxine 2009
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