"have an in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has an in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having an in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had an in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had an in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> an in"
      },
      "expansion": "have an in (third-person singular simple present has an in, present participle having an in, simple past and past participle had an in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Stephen F. Davis, An Oral History of Psi Chi, page 45:",
          "text": "I had an \"in\" with the Navy .",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Bryan Gillis, Pam B. Cole, Chris Crutcher: A Stotan for Young Adults, page 19:",
          "text": "He should wait a year and then submit detailed plans for a sneak to the school board (where he had an in).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Nick Hasted, Jack White: How He Built an Empire From the Blues:",
          "text": "Stevie Chick, John Mulvey and the live editor Andy Capper were already big supporters at NME, and Andy had an in at The Guardian.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Lynne Gross, Branching Out and Taking Risks in the 1980s, page 44:",
          "text": "One of the students had an “in” with the P.E. department so we interviewed most of the CSUF team coaches.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have connections or influence."
      ],
      "id": "en-have_an_in-en-verb-FExq6rPq",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": ":with<someone>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with with ‘someone’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "with ‘someone’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To have connections or influence. [with with ‘someone’]"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "have a foot in the door"
        },
        {
          "word": "have someone's ear"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "not used in Polish",
          "sense": "Translations"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have an in"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "has an in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having an in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had an in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had an in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "have<has,,had> an in"
      },
      "expansion": "have an in (third-person singular simple present has an in, present participle having an in, simple past and past participle had an in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "have a foot in the door"
    },
    {
      "word": "have someone's ear"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Stephen F. Davis, An Oral History of Psi Chi, page 45:",
          "text": "I had an \"in\" with the Navy .",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Bryan Gillis, Pam B. Cole, Chris Crutcher: A Stotan for Young Adults, page 19:",
          "text": "He should wait a year and then submit detailed plans for a sneak to the school board (where he had an in).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Nick Hasted, Jack White: How He Built an Empire From the Blues:",
          "text": "Stevie Chick, John Mulvey and the live editor Andy Capper were already big supporters at NME, and Andy had an in at The Guardian.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Lynne Gross, Branching Out and Taking Risks in the 1980s, page 44:",
          "text": "One of the students had an “in” with the P.E. department so we interviewed most of the CSUF team coaches.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have connections or influence."
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": ":with<someone>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with with ‘someone’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "with ‘someone’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To have connections or influence. [with with ‘someone’]"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "not used in Polish",
      "sense": "Translations"
    }
  ],
  "word": "have an in"
}