English / idiom
Get a Word in Edgewise
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To manage to break into a conversation or speak when someone else is dominating the discourse.
In context
01
The venture partner dominated the pitch meeting so aggressively that the founders could barely get a word in edgewise.
02
In a room full of loud marketing executives, the quiet software engineer couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Synonyms
chime in,interject,contribute
Antonyms
be silenced,listen passively,remain silent
Collocations
barely get a word in edgewise,hardly get a word in edgewise,impossible to get a word in edgewise