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came in for

came in for is the simple past of come in for.

Meaning of come in for

Verb

come in for (third-person singular simple present comes in for, present participle coming in for, simple past came in for, past participle come in for)

  1. (transitive) To be subjected to.
    • If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise.

Questions about came in for

What is came in for the simple past of?
Came in for is the simple past of come in for.

Words near came in for in the dictionary

  1. came high
  2. came home
  3. came home by weeping cross
  4. came home to roost
  5. came in
  6. came in for
  7. came in from the cold
  8. came in handy
  9. came in hot
  10. came in useful
  11. came into

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Adapted from Wiktionary: came in for (page history and authors); come 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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