go in
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Definition
- Verb (intransitive):
- To enter a place or space: To move from an outside area into an enclosed or defined interior area.
- To become involved or participate: To join or become part of an activity, situation, or discussion.
- (Of the sun or moon) To become obscured by clouds: To disappear from view behind cloud cover.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Please knock before you go in. (To enter a room.)
- The cat refused to go in the house. (To enter a building.)
- He decided to go in on the business deal with his partners. (To become involved in a venture.)
- The sun went in just as we started our picnic. (To become hidden by clouds.)
Advanced Usage
- "to go in for something": To have a particular interest in or liking for something; to choose or take up an activity.
- She doesn't really go in for team sports. (She is not interested in them.)
- "to go in with someone": To join with someone, especially in a financial or collaborative venture.
- We went in with another family to buy a vacation home.
- "to go in through/out of": Used to specify the point of entry or exit.
- We went in through the back door.
Variants and Related Words
- Go-in (noun, informal): An instance of entering or the right to enter. (Rare)
- Go into (phrasal verb): To enter; to discuss or investigate in detail; to begin a career or state.
- He went into the room. (Entered)
- The report goes into the causes of the problem. (Discusses in detail)
- She went into law after college. (Began a career in)
Synonyms
- Enter: To come or go into a place.
- Come in: To enter (often used as an invitation or observation).
- Get in: To succeed in entering.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Go in for: To like, enjoy, or choose something as an interest or hobby.
- He goes in for classical music.
- Go in with: To combine resources or efforts with someone.
- They went in with us to hire a tutor.
Related Idioms
- Go in one ear and out the other: To be heard but immediately forgotten or ignored.
- My advice just goes in one ear and out the other.
- Go in guns blazing: To begin something with great force, energy, or aggression.
- He went in guns blazing to the negotiation.
Verb
- to come or go into
- the boat entered an area of shallow marshes