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. [word for word] {adv. phr.}

to get a chance to say something Once George starts talking it’s difficult to get a word in edgeways. → word Examples from the Corpus get a word in (edgeways) • She barely got a word in. • No one else can get a word in edgeways. • He found that even if he could get a word in edgewise it was encircled and cut off right away.