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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Their midfield is formidable now, with Rice, Bruno, and Martin Odegaard to go in there, and then you have got Miles Lewis-Skelly too, almost saying "I'm still here" after the talk of him leaving.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I often go in costume, now with my 9-year-old daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, a different plane, for safety.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The people's good premier, go in peace," read one comment under the news on Weibo with more than 17,000 likes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
When I stop them and run up alongside the team at one point to work on their feet I mistakenly step off the trail and go in up to my armpits.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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