edgewise

get a word in edgeways (British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal)

if you can't get a word in edgeways, you do not have an opportunity to say anything because someone is talking so much or so quickly. Roz was talking so much that nobody else could get a word in edgeways.

See also: word

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get a word in edgewise

to find an opportunity to say something. Harold talked so much that nobody else could get a word in edgewise.

See also: word