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Synonyms

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

    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 .

Example Sentences

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Viewers who aren’t reeling from the reveal in their theater seat will have just as much to parse from “The Drama” as those who go in totally blind.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

She was joined on the red sofa by her husband Steve, who joked that the "the first thing to go" in their new lives going forward would be the "the alarm clock".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

SpaceX would be the first of three mega-IPOs that could go in 2026: Artificial-intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic are both waiting in the wings for potential offerings before year-end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“No country will be immune to the effects of this crisis if it continues to go in this direction.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Everybody was glancing around, wondering who would be the first to go in, when they heard a stampede of footsteps.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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