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go in
verb
to enter
(preposition) See go into
(of the sun) to become hidden behind a cloud
to be assimilated or grasped
nothing much goes in if I try to read in the evenings
cricket to begin an innings
to enter as a competitor or contestant
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 .
Example Sentences
Toyota was a chance to go in a new direction.
The call didn’t go in for tanker trucks and when these arrived, there was no one to escort them.
They saw people going in and out, carrying boxes out of the house onto a flatbed truck as though they were “sanitizing a crime scene,” the family’s lawsuit says.
"We know the science, we have the technology to deal with this crisis and yet instead of dealing with it, we're going in loops and circles," he said.
Smith is standing in as captain for the injured Pat Cummins, who is regaining fitness after a back injury and looked ready to go in the nets this week.
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