verb
Meaning 1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It's getting cold. Let's go in.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
go in
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To become obscured by clouds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: moon or stars
Examples
- It's chilly now the sun's gone in.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To begin or become involved in some activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I wish I'd known that going in.
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verb
Meaning 4
To share in part of a project's or plan's duties or costs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- If you guys are fixing up that boat together to share it, I'll go in too.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To become understood or accepted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- You have to tell him a hundred times if you want it to go in.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sink in
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To perform invasive surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 7
To beat up or attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- You went in on him with a knife?
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 8
to come or go into
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, move into
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: take the field, penetrate, perforate, re-enter, file in, pop in, walk in, call at, out in, take water, turn in, board, get on, intrude, irrupt, intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon, dock
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.