EDGEWAYS


Meaning of EDGEWAYS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ edʒweɪz ]

Note: The spelling 'edgewise' / edʒwaɪz / is also used, especially in American English.

If you say that you cannot get a word in edgeways , you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much. ( INFORMAL )

He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways.

PHRASE : V inflects [ disapproval ]

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