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in for it

in for it adjective: irrevocably committed to something.

Adjective

in for it (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Irrevocably committed to something.
  2. (idiomatic) In trouble.
    • when her ears were bent towards him, and I felt her form beneath me gathering up like whalebone, and her hind-legs coming under her, and I knew that I was in for it.1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter X, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
    • "You sure did [hit someone with the snowball]," added Teeter, stiffling a laugh. "And of all persons in the school but Professor Rodd. Oh my! Oh wow! You're in for it now! He won't do a thing to you fellows! Look at his hat! Here he comes!"1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine

in for it meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

in for it in Bengali

বিপদে থাকা

in for it in Malayalam

in trouble, about to be punished, for the high jump
കുഴപ്പത്തിൽ, കുഴപ്പത്തിൽ വീണിരിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥിതിയിൽ, അനുഭവിക്കാൻ വിധിക്കപ്പെട്ട്, ശിക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടാൻ പോകുന്ന സ്ഥിതിയിൽ, വലിയ പ്രശ്നത്തിൽ, നിലയില്ലാക്കയത്തിൽ

Questions about in for it

What does in for it mean?
In for it means irrevocably committed to something.
What is in for it in Bengali?
In for it in Bengali is বিপদে থাকা. See In for it meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is in for it?
In for it is an adjective.

Words near in for it in the dictionary

  1. in for
  2. in for a dime, in for a dollar
  3. in for a penny
  4. in for a penny, in for a pound
  5. in for an inch, in for a mile
  6. in for it
  7. in for the kill
  8. in force
  9. in form
  10. in forma pauperis
  11. in foro conscientiae

Source and license

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