单词 | to let in for |
释义 | > as lemmasto let in for 5. Of ice, etc.: To give way and allow (a person) to fall through into the water. Hence figurative (colloquial) to involve in loss or difficulty by fraud, financial failure, etc. to let in for (cf. in for at in adv. Phrases 2): to involve in the performance, payment, etc. of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb] > involve in to let in for1832 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > participate with > cause to participate in to let in for1873 deal1942 1832 Examiner 826/2 The Major..had become security for several friends, who..taxed his friendship too much, by ‘letting him in’ to the amount of the security. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) vi An old sea captain, who was once let in for it pretty deep by a man with a broader brim than common. 1849 A. R. Smith Pottleton Legacy 124 I was so confoundedly let in by the Patent Artificial Flour Company. 1873 Punch 12 Apr. 149/1 If we interfere to promote the object, Turkey will infallibly let us in for the cost. 1886 H. W. Lucy Diary Two Parl.: Gladstone 348 A young man to whom nothing is sacred would probably find peculiar pleasure in ‘letting-in’ his own father. 1913 J. Galsworthy Fugitive ii. 48 Mr Malise, I know what I ought to be to you, if I let you in for all this. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Let. 29 Dec. (1962) II. 873 We sort of let ourselves in for these things. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop i. v. 86 We've been having a row with you lately. Something about a libel action one of our boys let you in for. 1955 Times 29 June 12/6 But never once has she let-in her passengers for a major breakdown in foreign parts, or otherwise far from home. 1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday i. 16 You're..spelling out the horrors we've let ourselves in for with appalling clarity. 1973 Listener 15 Nov. 661/1 Princess Anne, did you explain to Captain Phillips..what he was letting himself in for? < as lemmas |
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