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come in for

come in for verb: to be subjected to.

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

come in for meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

come in for in Malayalam

receive, experience, susta-in
കിട്ടുക, അർഹിക്കുക, അനുഭവിക്കുക, ഏറ്റുവാങ്ങുക, അറിയുക, ഏറ്റുമുട്ടുക

come in for in Kannada

ನಿಂದೆಗೆ ಒಳಗಾಗು, ನಿಂದೆಗೆ ಪಾತ್ರನಾಗು, ಕಟುಟೀಕೆಗೆ ಒಳಗಾಗು

Forms of come in for

third-person singular presentcomes in for
present participlecoming in for
pastcame in for
past participlecome in for

Questions about come in for

What does come in for mean?
Come in for means to be subjected to.
What is come in for in Malayalam?
Come in for in Malayalam is കിട്ടുക, അർഹിക്കുക, അനുഭവിക്കുക. See Come in for meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is come in for?
Come in for is a verb.
What is the past tense of come in for?
The past tense of come in for is came in for.

Words near come in for in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: come in for (page history and authors); come in for (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); come in for (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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