come in

Verb

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

1. To enter.
   • Please come in and look around.
   • Come in, it's cold outside.
2. To arrive.
   • That flight just came in.
3. To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
   • The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in.
   • As I have shown, "infidel" merely means somebody who does not believe what you believe yourself, and therefore Dr. Wace has a perfect right to call, say, my old Egyptian donkey-driver, Nooleh, and myself, infidels, just as Nooleh and I have a right to call him an infidel. The ludicrous aspect of...1889, Thomas Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly; part of the "Agnosticism controversy", Agnosticism: A Rejoinder
4. To become available.
   • Blueberries will be coming in next month.
5. (such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
   • Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here.
6. To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
   • They started together, but the drummer came in late.
7. (informal) To enter a plan or group; to join in.
   • Near-synonym: come across

   Synonyms:

   come across

8. To surrender; to turn oneself in.
   • Near-synonym: come across
   • to come in from the cold

   Synonyms:

   come across

9. (intransitive) To yield or surrender.

   Synonyms:

   give in, give up

10. (imperative, often) To begin transmitting.
    • This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me?
11. To function in the indicated manner.
    • Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out.
12. To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
    • The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race.