British & Australian, informal

to get a chance to do something that you would like to do or to succeed in something.

Chris was so popular with the girls that whenever he was around I didn't get a look in. (usually negative)

The other team were so much better than us. We didn't get a look in.

• be down in the mouth
• be down on like a ton of bricks
• be down on luck
• be down on someone like a ton of bricks
• be down on uppers
• be down on your luck
• be down on your uppers
• be dressed to kill
• be dressed up to the nines
• bedroom eyes
• be dropping like flies
• be duck soup
• be duty bound
• be duty bound to do something
• be easy meat
• be easy on the ear
• be easy on the eye
• be economical with the truth
• beef up
• beef up something
• been around
• been around the block
• been had
• been there, done that
• be every inch