look-in

[ loo k-in ]

/ ˈlʊkˌɪn /

a brief glance.

a short visit.

Football. a quick pass play in which the ball is thrown to a receiver running a short diagonal pattern across the center of the field.

Origin of look-in

First recorded in 1840–50; noun use of verb phrase look in

A chapter on the metaphysical poets is four-fifths Donne to one-fifth Herbert, with Marvell failing to get a look-in.

John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature |Malcolm Forbes |November 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Why, down in Eagle having a good time—there's lots of good times in that town if you've got th' price of more than a look-in.

Hopalong Cassidy |Clarence E. Mulford
With you around nobody else has a look-in at the 'handsome' game.

The Portygee |Joseph Crosby Lincoln
I do give them a look-in forward every now and then, but it's precious little I can do for them.

The Shadow-Line |Joseph Conrad

I'm afraid the poor kid didn't get much of a look-in until I got tired of them.

Ethel Morton's Holidays |Mabell S. C. Smith
I figured there'd be a couple of weeks here at the least—you'd go lookin' for gold, an' maybe find it, an' I'd git a look-in.

Isle o' Dreams |Frederick F. Moore

look-in

/ informal /

a chance to be chosen, participate, etc

a short visit

(intr, adverb often foll by on) to pay a short visit