Meaning of come in for | Babel Free

Definitions

To be subjected to.

transitive

Examples

“If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise.”

“The director came in for a lot of criticism about the way she handled the disaster.”

“As the Quakers are pacifists, they came in for community censure for deciding to join the fight for independence, but their conscience demanded a reconsideration of their pacifism.”

“[Katherine] Parkinson has come in for especially sustained attacks, given that her breakout role was in The IT Crowd, made by Graham Linehan, who is on the same side as [JK] Rowling when it comes to gender.”

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