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go in on

go in on verb: to contribute money for a joint purchase.

Verb

go in on (third-person singular simple present goes in on, present participle going in on, simple past went in on, past participle gone in on)

  1. To contribute money for a joint purchase.
    • As they'd expected, Nino had turned them down when they'd asked their future brother-in-law to go in on the purchase.2008, Karen Tintori, Unto the Daughters, →ISBN
    • We were invited by the aunt (“Tia”) of my grandson to go in on renting a cabin in the woods outside of Flagstaff, Arizona for a week.2011, James Shinn, Faith and Loving On the Way To Heaven: Self-Help for Sinners and Saints!, →ISBN
  2. To participate in; to join.
    • For example, one veteran officer advised a rookie, “The only reason to go in on a pursuit is not to get the perpetrator but to pull the cop who gets there first offa the guy before he kills him.”1981, James M. Henslin, Down to Earth Sociology, →ISBN
    • I was talking to the Marine Corps Recruiter and he told me that we could go in on the Buddy Program.2010, Frederick Fenwick, Lasting Visions: With the 7th Marines in Vietnam, 1970, →ISBN

Examples of go in on in a sentence

  • There are several of us who don't have a place to live and we thought we'd go in on a house together.2012, Sunwon Hwang, Lost Souls: Stories, →ISBN, page 171:
  • When domestic partners or others go in on real estate together, it is always recommended that the partners prepare a plan that goes into action should one of them be incapacitated.2012, Richard Dolan, Don R. Campbell, David Franklin, Buying U.S. Real Estate: The Proven and Reliable Guide for Canadians, →ISBN:

Forms of go in on

third-person singular presentgoes in on
present participlegoing in on
pastwent in on
past participlegone in on

Questions about go in on

What does go in on mean?
Go in on means to contribute money for a joint purchase.
How do you use go in on in a sentence?
There are several of us who don't have a place to live and we thought we'd go in on a house together.
What part of speech is go in on?
Go in on is a verb.
What is the past tense of go in on?
The past tense of go in on is went in on.

Words near go in on in the dictionary

  1. go in
  2. go in at one ear and at out the other
  3. go in circles
  4. go in for
  5. go in off
  6. go in on
  7. go in one ear and out the other
  8. go in the out door
  9. go in unto
  10. go in with
  11. go into

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