A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

get in a word • put in a word
get in a word —(also: get a word in) succeed in saying smth.
when other people are talking ignoring you: We two plunged
into a conversation into which Roger could not get in a word:
in fact we forgot all about him. Cf.: get in a word edgewise —
used as an emphatic variant of the former: My men at once sat
down and held a council of war, in which I could not get in
a word edgewise.
put in a word —(also: put a word in) 
1
. contribute an utter-
ance to a conversation: I want to put in a word about that,
because they are doing extremely important work…. 2. speak
in support of smb.; recommend a person: I’d like to put in a
word for someone who has proved to be a tireless proponent
of uncompromising, dazzling music.
get in the way of something • get into the way of
something
get in the way of something —hinder or interfere with smth.:
I’m afraid that our preoccupation with the difficulty of riding
rather got in the way of our enjoyment.
get into the way of something —
1
. acquire the habit of doing
smth.: Once I got into the way of it, we spent the afternoon
riding the horses down to the beach. 2. = get in the way of
something: My suspicion is that your negative beliefs about
yourself have got into the way of finding a suitable job.
get in touch with someone • put the touch on
someone
get in touch with someone —get into contact with a person:
“Why not get in touch with your lawyer?” “Not on your life!
It would be a tacit admission of my guilt.”
put the touch on someone—(U.S. sl.) try to get money from
a person: Bill put the touch on me yesterday, but I told him
to drop dead.
get into a temper • get out of temper
get into a temper —(also: fly into a temper) become angry:
When he gets into a temper we try to diffuse it with laughter
or I just sit and hug him.
get out of temper — = get into a temper: He soon gets out of
temper if things do not go as he would like them to.