Is the phrase "fitting (someone) in (to a schedule)" alright to use or is there a better way to say this?

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fit (someone) in (to a schedule)

Is this phrase useful for scheduling meetings and appointments. When you're talking to someone with a busy schedule, you may have to ask them to "fit you in". "Fitting you in" means fitting you into their schedule. You can imagine a schedule book with each meeting or appointment taking up a block of time. If the person has enough room to add your appointment between two other appointments, then you say that they could "fit you in".

I guess it's an idiom, but it doesn't seem as though this is the best way to ask for someone to "pencil you in."

Jens Krüger · Answer

The phrase is ok to use.

You could use:

I can schedule you for (Date/Time) or

We can schedule a meeting for (Date/Time)

to be more formal.

alwayslearning · Answer

A more idiomatic way (and more appropriate/self-evident in case of a busy schedule) is to use squeeze instead of fit.

Can you squeeze me into your schedule?

TFD(idioms):

squeeze into
  v.
  1. To manage to make room or time for someone or something in some tight space or schedule by or as if by exerting pressure:
  The
  dentist can squeeze you into her schedule next week.
  
  The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005
  by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton
  Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Is the phrase "fitting (someone) in (to a schedule)" alright to use or is there a better way to say this?

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