go in

British  

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

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go in Idioms  

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

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

3. 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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Example Sentences

The American West was a magician’s box: go in as one person, emerge as another.

From Los Angeles Times

We've all got strong opinions, but I think we all filter it and it's important that we have a connection and understanding of what direction we want to go in.

From BBC

Around the same time, a different Google engineer in India was taking photos of information on his computer detailing a next-generation chip going in Google’s Pixel phones.

From The Wall Street Journal

"So, it is true that there is the trend to go in the direction of, even if it is not a sprint every weekend."

From BBC

He was scheduled to go in for a procedure to remove a benign tumor near his lung on the day he was found, the outlet said.

From Los Angeles Times

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