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able to get a word in edgewise

a. (context idiomatic colloquial English) Able to participate in the conversation; able to interrupt another person's monologue.

Usage examples of "able to get a word in edgewise".

Mark said, leaning back in his chair, having long since finished his meal by dint of not being able to get a word in edgewise.

I won't be able to get a word in edgewise until they calm down, and since neither of them really knows what they're talking about.

But listening to the boys was giving her a lot of new ideas, even if she hadn't been able to get a word in edgewise.