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What is a look-in?

What is a look-in? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A quick glance.
  2. (idiomatic) A brief visit.
  3. (idiomatic, Britain) A chance to participate, compete, or succeed.
  4. (American football) A quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.
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She thinks that without lights at those junctions motorists coming in on the smaller road would not get a look-in.
In the raging commercialism of professional sport, morality hasn't had much of a look-in.
The problem is, of course, that there are some excellent writers in all these genres who can't get much of a look-in in today's new improved publishing world.
Meanwhile, the other side doesn't get a look-in, because it's been tarred as untrustworthy.
They didn't let Dublin's forwards get a look-in in the last 15 minutes.
Despite the fact that the two institutions spend most of their time advising, lending to and dictating to developing countries, the rest of the world does not get a look-in.

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