go in
verb
went in; gone in; going in; goes in
1
: to make an approach (as in attacking)
2
a
: to take part in a game or contest
b
: to call the opening bet in poker : stay
3
of a celestial body
: to become obscured by a cloud
It got cooler once the sun went in.
4
: to form a union or alliance : join
—often used with with
asked us to go in with them
Examples of go in in a Sentence
law enforcement officials decided to wait before going in on the barricaded gunman
Recent Examples on the Web
Elite Sherpas, called icefall doctors, go in first.
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The other works in this show go in their own directions.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Somewhere, a giddy fan was calling the seventh-round rookie the greatest low draft pick since that guy Tom Brady went in the sixth.
—Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
After the summer solstice, everything goes in reverse; the sun’s path in the sky gets lower and lower and the days get shorter and shorter.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
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Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
The other works in this show go in their own directions.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Somewhere, a giddy fan was calling the seventh-round rookie the greatest low draft pick since that guy Tom Brady went in the sixth.
—Miami Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
After the summer solstice, everything goes in reverse; the sun’s path in the sky gets lower and lower and the days get shorter and shorter.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Go in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20in. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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