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being in for

being in for is the present participle and gerund of be in for.

Meaning of be in for

Verb

be in for (third-person singular simple present is in for, present participle being in for, simple past was in for, past participle been in for)

  1. (idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
    • The weather forecast says we are in for three feet of snow over the next week.

Questions about being in for

What is being in for the present participle and gerund of?
Being in for is the present participle and gerund of be in for.

Words near being in for in the dictionary

  1. being done with
  2. being down with
  3. being gathered to one's fathers
  4. being good for
  5. being in each other's pockets
  6. being in for
  7. being late
  8. being left at the post
  9. being left holding the baby
  10. being like
  11. being lost to the four winds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: being in for (page history and authors); be in for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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