be in for »
To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
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cut it fine »
To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error.
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go in for »
To enter a competition.
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go in for »
To have an interest in or approve of something.
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go in for »
To engage or take part in something.
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have it in for »
To be very angry at; to have a grudge against.
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in for a dime, in for a dollar »
Americanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry,
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in for a penny, in for a pound »
Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof; accepting that one must
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in for an inch, in for a mile »
Given that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed.
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not long for this world »
Unlikely to remain for much time.
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not win for losing »
To repeatedly fail in one's gambles or efforts.
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pinch-hit »
To do something in the place of another person who is not able to perform or is less skilled; to substitute or stand in for somebody.
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sit in for »
To substitute; to take somebody's place.
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stand in for »
To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.
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