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get in good

Date: Oct 05 2000

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I remember coming home and finding Grandma having
a party with all these girls who’d dropped by because
they were trying to get in good with her—to _get in
*_good with me.”
(Talking about living with his grandmother.)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

try to gain someone’s trust for your own benefit (v.)
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2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

*Get in good * is a little complicated. It is best used in
regard to a person who is trying to make a friend, not
because they want a friend, but because they want
that friend to help them somehow.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“If I can *get in good * with the girl at the jewelry store”

“she might give me a discount on the necklace I want”

“to buy. If you *get in good * with my dad, he’ll let us stay out later.”

“We won’t have to be home by ten o’clock every night. I’m going to be really nice to my mom this week. I want”

“to get in good with her so she’ll buy me the new CD”

“player I want for my birthday.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“I think ‘get in good’ means ‘be the favorite one,’ so ‘trying to get in good with her’ means ‘trying to be her favorite or the best one for her.’ In this sentence, those girls who dropped by were trying to be Jamie’s Grandma’s and his favorite girl.”
by Ayako (Otake, Hiroshima, Japan)
“I think ‘get in good’ means to get appreciation or admiration from someome else.”
by Adrian (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
“to get in good with means to make friends with someone, trying people to like us and we liking them so we can change some mutual favors because of that friendship.”
by Sonia (Evora, Portugal)
“First, I guess the expression ‘to get in good’ means to have a friendly relationship with someone.” So the girls dropped by just to make friends with, or to establish a relationship with Jamie’s grandmother, not because they had something special to address with his grandmother. I can figure out what he’s trying to get at, but I can’t express it exactly. This is always a demanding job.”
by Eric (Chinhae, Kyungsangnamdo, South Korea)
“I think the word ‘trying to get in good’ means try to curry favour. Try to please people. ”
by Elmo (Singapore)
“Well, I think it must be that the girls want to conquer he and his mother, like, be a friend, or a girlfriend … and then they do and they talk interesting things to get in good with them….. That’s what I think….”
by Ariane (Santiago, RS, Brazil)
“I think it means ‘trying to set up a friendship, to be friendly with someone so that he/she can realize you care’ it’s the first step of relationship, when you try to get in good with someone you also hope that this person will do the same with you…”
by Francesco (Italy)
“Hi, somehow I think ‘get in good’ here means form a good relationship with them or having a good time together.”
by Margaret (Shenzen, Guangdong, China)

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