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 .

Example Sentences

“Where can I go in this world where I will be safe from war, where I will have access to clean water and food, where my children can be safe and educated?” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Football and sustainability do not always go in hand in hand.

From BBC

"If I had let that shame in, or internalised it, my life could have gone in a very different way," she said.

From BBC

Both cases underscore a fraught question: how far can a president go in deploying domestic troops without consent from local leaders?

From Salon

There is a refreshing absence of guns — none of those Kevlar-clad teams going in with pistols raised.

From Los Angeles Times

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