English Phrase of the Day

go in

Definitions

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go in
1. v. (of the sun) To be obscured by clouds.
It's chilly now the sun's gone in.
2. v. To share in part of a project's or plan's duties or costs.
If you guys are fixing up that boat together to share it, I'll go in too.
3. v. (of a fact or concept) To become understood or accepted.
You have to tell him a hundred times if you want it to go in.
Analysis
go
1. v. To move:
2. v. (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
Why don’t you go with us? This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago. Chris, where are you going? &nbs
3. v. (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.

We'll all go in at once.

This will go in her file.

But where do I go in the meantime?

They want me to go in for testing again.

This is the right moment for Sweden to go in to the euro.

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