Meaning of go in for | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To enter a competition.
2. To have an interest in or approve of something.
   colloquial
3. To engage oneself or take part in something.
   colloquial

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Examples

“"I hope⟳ she doesn't go in for big purple orchids," Miss⟳ Tinkham said to Mrs. Rasmussen, "there are so many pretty kinds."”

“Jem, there's a good opening among the hard Fact fellows, and they want⟳ men. I wonder⟳ you don't go in for statistics.”

“"Why on earth do you go in for track?" I asked him. And then he explained that he thought that, if you wanted to be an all-around man, you ought to cultivate some form⟳ of athletics— he's actually taken up pole-vaulting: isn't that a ghastly thought?”

“It ain't their fault; I know⟳ heaps of nice girls who feel⟳ it horribly. What can they do? they can't go in for cricket and football.”

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