go in
— phrasal verb with go uk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/verb present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone
(ENTER)
A2 to enter a place:
I looked through the window, but I didn't actually go in.
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- It's polite to knock before you go in.
- It's getting cold. Shall we go in?
- The meeting hasn't finished. You can't go in yet.
- The students looked nervous as they were going in for the exam.
- I like the look of that hairdresser's. I'm going to go in and make an appointment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- barge
- barge in
- be on the scene idiom
- been
- breaking and entering idiom
- bugger
- go down
- hit
- hove
- intrusion
- invade
- keep (sb/sth) out
- land
- let
- let sb/sth in
- loom
- pile
- pitch invasion
- rock
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(BECOME HIDDEN)
If the sun goes in, it becomes hidden from view by clouds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- mist
- pea soup
- smog
- steamy
- stratocumulus
- stratus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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(BE UNDERSTOOD)
mainly UK informal If a fact or piece of information goes in, you understand it or remember it:
No matter how many times you tell him something, it never seems to go in.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- retrospect
- ring a bell idiom
- shade
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- take sb back
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