go in

verb

1. to enter

2. (preposition) See go into

3. (of the sun) to become hidden behind a cloud

4. to be assimilated or grasped

   nothing much goes in if I try to read in the evenings

5. cricket to begin an innings

6. 1. to enter as a competitor or contestant

   2. to adopt as an activity, interest, or guiding principle

      she went in for nursing

      some men go in for football in a big way

Idioms and Phrases

Enter, especially into a building. For example, It's cold out here, so can we go in? [Tenth century a.d. ]

Be obscured, as in After the sun went in, it got quite chilly . [Late 1800s]

go in with . Join others in some venture. For example, He went in with the others to buy her a present . [Late 1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with go in .

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