to fit in with

to fit in with

“to fit in with” means to be accepted by a group of people because you are similar to them. 


Example 1: 


    – Joanne: Hey Alex! How are you? I heard you are now working at a different company. How is it going?
 

      –  Alex: Hey Joanne. It’s going great! I love my new position. It’s just what I wanted!

      –  Joanne: Great! But you know, to really enjoy your job it’s important to have good relationship with people who work with you! And now you are in this new office with a bunch of people you have never met before. Is it difficult for you?

  – Alex: No, not at all! I fitted in with my new colleagues right away! They treat like a friend, with respect!


Example 2:

– Christine didn’t fit in with the people at my party at all!I shouldn’t have invited her. My guests were all business professionals and she showed up in a mini skirt talking about her crazy trip to Amsterdam!


Meaning 1:

  Alex feels good at his new job because he and his coworkers are probably similar in some ways: their passion to the job, life styles etc… He feels like he is one of them!

Meaning for Example 2:

Christine is very different from the people she met at the party. She looks different and they probably have different  interests, that’s why she doesn’t “fit in” with the business people she met there.
This idiom is from LSI’s book “Reading Savvy,” which is used in the Level 6 Reading classes. For more information, please visit https://www.languagesystems.com/

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