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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"When you have two quarks produced, the problem is that, when the two quarks go in opposite directions, the one quark overshadows the wake of the second quark," Lee says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The remainder will go in smaller chunks toward startups the firm is building relationships with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Because our show kind of exists to go in one ear and out the other. And I say that because it goes in one of our ears and out the other too, as the creators.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Sometimes we have to eat on the go, in front of the TV, or in the car.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
You could hear it go in through his nose, and he pushed it out through his teeth so it sounded like a hiss.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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