verb + in

To place your initial stake in a card game (especially poker) to enter the round, or figuratively to commit resources to something.

To invest in a cryptocurrency, stock, or financial asset impulsively and without proper research, often following hype.

To invite someone to come inside your home or a building.

Aviation slang for an aircraft crashing nose-first into the ground in a spiraling motion.

To move a vehicle in reverse into a space, or to return to a previous position or situation.

To gain entry to a building or secure area by scanning or presenting an electronic access badge.

To incorporate something so deeply into a process, system, or plan that it becomes a permanent and inseparable part of it.

To enter or interrupt suddenly and rudely, without being invited.

To break or dent something by hitting it hard; to smash inward.

To score a run or point by batting in a sport, or (informally) to contribute to a discussion or score.

To be about to experience something, usually something unpleasant or surprising and unavoidable.

In sailing, to steer the vessel toward the shore, a target, or another vessel; to move inward.

For a fact, feeling, or reality to become increasingly and overwhelmingly clear or pressing to someone.

In sailing, to steer the vessel so as to approach the shore or another object closely.

To go through an adjustment period to allow something new — a system, mechanism, or person — to settle and function properly.

In an auction: for the seller or their agent to place a bid on their own item in order to prevent it from being sold below a desired price.

To begin to have a painful, sharp, or corrosive effect on something; to cut into a surface.

To fill in an area or section with solid black colour, typically in drawing, design, or marking.

To become part of a surrounding environment without being noticed; or, in cooking, to mix an ingredient smoothly into a mixture.

To start eating or working with great energy and enthusiasm.

To secure a person or thing inside a space by fastening a bolt; or to insert a component that bolts into place.

To register on arrival at a hotel, or to arrange a reservation for someone in advance.

To drill, push, or advance forcefully and directly inward or toward a target.

To enter a place with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

To welcome or escort someone into a place with a bow as a gesture of deep respect.

To surround or trap someone or something so that they cannot move freely or have limited options.

A nautical term: to swing the yards of a square-rigged ship inward (toward the center line) to catch more wind on a particular point of sail

To enter a place illegally by force, interrupt a conversation, or gradually make something fit through use.

To introduce something new into a system or situation, or to earn or generate income.

To fill in or shade a circular bubble on a standardized test or form.

To contribute money or effort to a shared goal or group activity.

To fasten someone or something securely using a buckle, especially a seatbelt.

To remain in one's home or location during an emergency rather than evacuating (survivalist/military jargon).

To include something as a permanent or integral part of a design, structure, or plan.

To gather or compress into a tight group within a space.

To enter a place suddenly and without warning, often interrupting something.

To enter a place suddenly and forcefully, often by breaking something; also to interrupt.

To rudely interrupt a conversation or interfere in a situation that does not concern you.

To purchase a stock of something in bulk; also to obtain acceptance or support from others; (finance) a specific market operation.

To allow someone to enter a building by pressing an electronic button that releases a door lock.

To phone a workplace, radio station, or organisation; to summon someone for help; or to visit briefly.

To register your arrival at a hotel, airport, or event, or to make brief contact with someone to report your status.

To pause and pay attention to your own emotional, mental, or physical state.

To add something extra to a deal, or to quit a job or activity

To share costs or contribute money jointly (rare, chiefly dialectal British English)

To move in circles while gradually narrowing toward a central point or target

To welcome someone by applauding as they arrive or enter.

To record the time you arrive at work, usually using a machine or app.

To approach from all sides, reducing the space around something; also used of darkness or bad weather approaching.

To move closer to a specific person or thing from all sides, especially in pursuit.

A formal or literary variant of 'close in on': to approach and surround a target from all sides.

To tell someone something they did not know, especially information that helps them understand a situation.

American English spelling of 'colour in'; to fill a drawn outline with colour using pencils, crayons, or paint.

British English spelling of 'color in'; to fill a drawn outline with colour using pencils, crayons, or paint.

To enter a place, or to arrive or become available.

To trust someone enough to share personal or secret information with them.

To have as its essential or defining feature; to be fundamentally characterised by something.

To formally agree to participate in a scheme, arrangement, or pension plan, typically by signing a contract.

A rare variant of 'coop up' meaning to confine or shut someone or something into a restricted space.

To include someone in a plan, activity, or group.

To sleep at someone's home informally and without prior arrangement; or to enter a place suddenly and forcefully.

To enter slowly and gradually, often without being noticed — used of people, abstract things, or influences.

To press or gather into a space in large numbers; or for thoughts and feelings to enter the mind all at once.

To press in around someone from all sides, creating a feeling of being overwhelmed or suffocated, either physically or emotionally.

To signal someone that it is their turn to speak, perform, or act.

To interrupt a conversation or activity; to move in front of someone else in a queue or in traffic; to ask someone to dance.

To buy and sell a particular type of goods as a business; or figuratively, to work within the realm of particular ideas or qualities.

To get great pleasure or enjoyment from something, often showing it openly.

To connect to a meeting or service by telephone, or to fine-tune something to the correct setting.

To start eating enthusiastically; to establish a defensive position; or to resist firmly.

To eat a meal at home rather than going to a restaurant.

To start doing something quickly and with enthusiasm, without hesitation.

To exhaust someone completely; to injure or harm something; or to kill someone. (Informal)

To report someone to an authority for doing something wrong; to inform on someone. (Australian/NZ English)

To recruit or bring someone in to help with a task, often urgently or specially for a purpose.

To involve someone or something unnecessarily or by force in a situation.

To absorb or experience something with great pleasure and intensity, using all one's senses.

To enter a place in a vehicle, or to hammer or push something into a surface.

To make a short, casual, and usually unplanned visit to a person or place.

An extremely rare and non-standard phrase, occasionally used informally to mean involving someone in a fight or confrontation.

To have a meal at home rather than at a restaurant.

To move gradually and carefully into a position, space, or conversation.

To add something into a piece of writing, film, audio, or other content during the editing process.

To have a particular result or conclusion, especially an unpleasant one.

To actively take part in or involve oneself in an activity, discussion, or process.

To include something as a relevant element when making a calculation, plan, or decision.

To gradually increase in visibility, brightness, or volume from nothing, used especially in film, television, and audio production.

To collapse inward, or to form a military line on command.

To start associating with a group of people, or to agree to a plan or suggestion.

To go and get something from outside and bring it indoors.

To enter a place in a single-file line, one after another.

To complete missing information on a form, to substitute for someone temporarily, or to inform someone of facts they missed.

To discover or perceive a quality, emotion, or resource within someone or something.

To feel accepted as part of a group, or to find time or space for something.

To arrive somewhere by aircraft, or to transport someone or something by air.

To push or drive something into a space using force, overcoming resistance.

To enclose or surround something with a frame or structural border; or to include something within the boundaries of a discussion or plan.

To enter a place, vehicle, or situation, or to arrive somewhere.

To stop resisting and accept something, or to submit work or a document to someone.

To enter a place or space.

To enjoy or regularly participate in an activity, or to enter a competition.

In sport, to score or enter a target by first bouncing or deflecting off another object or surface.

To share the cost of something with one or more other people.

To join someone else as a partner in a shared plan, cost, or business.

To exempt someone or something from a new rule or requirement because they were part of an existing system before the rule changed.

To submit or deliver something, especially work or a formal item, to someone in authority.

To persist through a difficult situation; usually used in the expression 'hang in there'.

To pull or drag something or someone in with effort; to earn a large amount of money.

To invite or arrange for someone to come to your home or workplace, or to keep a supply of something.

To surround or restrict someone or something, limiting freedom of movement or action.

To surround or enclose someone or something so that movement or freedom is restricted.

To move precisely toward a target, or to direct full attention to something specific

To direct full attention or effort precisely toward something — a common variant of 'home in on', though traditionally considered non-standa

To attract and engage someone's interest or involvement, or to connect something using a hook

To quickly and casually enter a vehicle or small space.

To intrude on a situation, conversation, or activity without being invited, often to gain an advantage.

To write over a pencil sketch or outline in ink; also figuratively to confirm something definitively.

To cite or give something as a specific example or instance within an argument or explanation.

To start participating in an activity that is already happening.

To enter a conversation, activity, or situation suddenly and without much hesitation.

To type data or information into a computer, phone, or other device.

To focus precisely on a specific target, detail, or idea.

To start having an effect; to contribute money or effort; or to break something in by kicking.

(British informal) To stay in bed longer than usual, or to sleep indoors rather than outside.

To allow someone or something to enter a place, or to allow light, water, or air to pass through.

To share a secret, plan, or private information with someone.

To stay in bed later than usual in the morning; also (of something) to consist of or exist within something.

To enter or arrive walking with a limp, or figuratively to arrive in a damaged, slow, or weakened state.

A technical audio/electronics term referring to the input socket used to receive an external audio signal directly into a device.

To connect or integrate something into a larger system, network, or plan.

To listen to a broadcast, conversation, or communication, either with permission or secretly.

To enter your username and password to access a computer system, website, or app.

To make a short, informal visit to a place or person, often to check on them.

To make a brief visit to a person to check on their wellbeing or to see how they are doing.

To include someone in a conversation, email thread, or flow of information.

To be fortunate; to benefit from good luck, especially in obtaining something desirable.

To carry something heavy or bulky indoors or into a space with considerable effort.

To eat lunch at home, at one's desk, or indoors rather than going to a restaurant or café.

To study a particular subject as your main field of study at university or college.

To marry someone from within one's own community, religion, or social group.

To study a subject as a secondary academic focus at university, alongside one's main subject.

To start living in a new home or place; also to move closer to something or someone, especially in order to take action.

To begin to take control of or encroach on something that belongs to or is associated with someone else; to approach someone or something in

To join others and willingly share in work or unpleasant tasks without complaining.

To force your way into a situation or activity to get a share of the benefits, especially by using power or threats.

To force your way into someone else's business, territory, or activity in order to get a share.

To formally enlist or admit someone into military service through an official ceremony.

To actively choose to participate in something, especially a system, programme, or service.

To order food from a restaurant or delivery service to be brought to your home or workplace.

To stop doing something, or to fit a large number of people or things into a space.

To summon someone using a pager or public address system, or (computing) to load data into active memory from storage.

To trap someone's vehicle by parking directly behind or alongside it so they cannot drive away.

To introduce or implement something new gradually, in stages, over a period of time.

To call a television or radio programme, workplace, or service by telephone; or to do something with minimal effort.

To join in and help with a task or contribute to a shared effort.

To perform, compete, or take part in a game or musical event within a particular place or context.

To turn material into the soil using a plough, or to invest a large amount of money into something.

To invest heavily or incorporate something into a larger whole

To connect an electrical device to a power supply or to another device by inserting a plug

To begin something boldly and without hesitation, or to enter water or a substance suddenly

To make a brief, often unplanned visit to a person or place.

To arrive or enter somewhere in large quantities or numbers.

To arrive at a place (of a vehicle), to attract or earn something, or to bring someone in for questioning.

To record the start of one's workday using a time clock, or to enter data by pressing keys.

To force your way into a queue, space, or situation ahead of others, often rudely.

To install equipment or a system; to invest time or effort; to make a formal request; or to say something during a conversation.

To contribute to a group effort or join with others in a shared arrangement.

To earn or receive large amounts of something, especially money; a less common variant of 'rake in.'

To earn or accumulate a large amount of money, often quickly or easily.

To formally brief someone with classified or privileged information; or in computing, to load data into a system.

To welcome or celebrate the start of something new, especially the New Year; also to call in to work or a radio programme.

To arrive in large quantities or with ease, or to arrive casually and often late.

To accommodate someone by sharing a room or living space with them, or to keep a newborn baby in the same room as its mother.

To persuade or pressure someone to join in or help with something, often when they are reluctant.

Nautical: to pull in or haul a rope or line by hand.

To apply a substance to a surface by rubbing so that it is absorbed or incorporated.

To arrest someone and take them to a police station, or to operate a new engine gently at first to break it in

To have a conflict, argument, or confrontation with someone, especially a person in authority

To enter a place quickly and urgently, or to become involved in a situation too hastily

To gradually reduce the number of units, resources, or positions in a controlled, stepwise manner.

To gather or draw something into a container or area using a scooping motion.

To include something within the defined boundaries or range of a project, plan, or discussion.

To select or include people or items after an evaluation or screening process.

To complete the sterile hand-washing and preparation procedure required before entering a surgical operating room

To enclose something so that it is retained or preserved inside, preventing it from escaping

To submit something formally, or to deploy people into a situation.

For something unpleasant or difficult to begin and become established.

To become comfortable and established in a new place, job, or situation.

To submit something to an authority, or to go to bed for the night.