edgewise

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"I want to hear that man sass you over the phone, if he can get in a word edgewise, and you on the other end of the line Davy laughed with the others.

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  1. adverb With the edge foremost.
  2. adverb On, by, with, or toward the edge.

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  • Her other slaveys have scarpered, and now that the Goddess is gone, Hardhands sees no particular reason to linger either He flings one very hard Barbarick word edgewise at the antic bear. —  FSF, July 2006
  • Probably because he couldn't get a word in edgewise, Lucy thought unkindly. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • The top consisted of a row of bricks placed edgewise, now covered with moss and quite healthy-looking grass. —  Maigret Stonewalled—Georges Simenon - 03
  • His mom and Aunt Madge talked so much it was hard for anybody else to get a word in edgewise, especially Aunt Lulla. —  Asimov'sSF,Dec2003
  • Through contacting the company and speaking to someone there, I was not allowed to get a word in edgewise, their rudeness was obsurd.
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/ˈɛdʒwaɪz/
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