edgeways
adverb/ˈedʒweɪz/
/ˈedʒweɪz/
(British English) (North American English edgewise
Idioms /ˈedʒwaɪz/
/ˈedʒwaɪz/
)- with the edge upwards or forwards; on one side
- You'll only get the desk through the door if you turn it edgeways.
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Idioms
(not) get a word in edgeways (British English)
(also (not) get a word in edgewise North American English, British English)
- (not) to be able to say anything because somebody else is speaking too much
- When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.
Extra Examples- I wanted to tell you that she'd phoned, but you were talking so much I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
- I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
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