Idiom
get ink
Meaning
To receive publicity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That new band gets a lot of ink in the local papers.”
“The politician knew that any scandal would get ink, so she avoided the press during the campaign.”
“While the author hoped for critical acclaim, she was satisfied that her controversial debut novel managed to get ink in every major literary publication.”
Examples
simple
“That new band gets a lot of ink in the local papers.”
contextual
“The politician knew that any scandal would get ink, so she avoided the press during the campaign.”
complex
“While the author hoped for critical acclaim, she was satisfied that her controversial debut novel managed to get ink in every major literary publication.”
Origin
From get, ink. From the sense of ink as "publicity," referring to the ink used for newspapers.
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