Word info

go in for

Verb

Meaning

To enter a competition.

(colloquial) To have an interest in or approve of something.

(colloquial) To engage oneself or take part in something.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria. Karl Dönitz

Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay. Lucy Lawless

I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people when they're sorry for themselves. Self-pity is one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the world today. Agatha Christie

In India, no power plant runs beyond 58 per cent of its capacity. I believe instead of making yet another plant which is really disastrous, what you should do first is to go in for conservation - that is increase your 58 per cent to 90 per cent. Your power problem would be solved right there. Maneka Gandhi

Now the English nation is able to make war, but it will only do so where its own interests are concerned. We are a simple and practical nation, a commercial nation; we do not go in for chivalrous enterprises or fight for others as the French do. Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

See, we don't go in for your so-called ‘birth control' here. No abortion. No contraception. We accept the gift of life when it is given. We believe that every human being, from the moment of conception on, has a right to a life-although,” he added, "not necessarily a long one. Frederik Pohl

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