go in
Britishverb
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to enter
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(preposition) See go into
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(of the sun) to become hidden behind a cloud
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to be assimilated or grasped
nothing much goes in if I try to read in the evenings
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cricket to begin an innings
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to enter as a competitor or contestant
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to adopt as an activity, interest, or guiding principle
she went in for nursing
some men go in for football in a big way
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Enter, especially into a building. For example, It's cold out here, so can we go in? [Tenth century a.d. ]
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Be obscured, as in After the sun went in, it got quite chilly . [Late 1800s]
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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 .
Example Sentences
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These prediction markets are relatively young, and if states have various approaches to the question, we can see in a natural experiment how things go in a few election cycles.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Wood said people could go in the toilets but there was no way to wash hands and conditions had grown worse in the hour or two they were there.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“You know, he’s going to go in first, like getting into the cold water in the sea. I felt protected and supported in that whole process.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“There’s likely to also be a challenge to the underlying investigation — that you didn’t actually go in and investigate the forced-labor practices in each one of these countries.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Shepard said, “Tell ’em I’m going to let it go in my suit.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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