COME IN FOR meaning: Receive attention, often critically - OneLook

Usually means: To receive, undergo, or experience.

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come in for: Mnemonic Dictionary
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come in for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (come in for)

▸ verb: (transitive) to be subjected to

Similar:

take, incur, come in, come into, go in for, enter, come to, come under, go for, take in, more...

Types:

check-up, cleaning, consultation, get filling, get crown, more...

Phrases:

to come in for, more...

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Similar:

take, incur, come in, come into, go in for, enter, come to, come under, go for, take in, more...

Types:

check-up, cleaning, consultation, get filling, get crown, more...

Phrases:

to come in for, more...

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