Particle In
Different meanings
In for arriving,
entering 
Used in combinations which express the idea of entering a place or
arriving there. For instance, if somobody knocks on the door, you can let
them in
| Ask in | She never asked him into the office unless something was wrong. |
| Call in | If you still can't solve the problem, maybe it's time to call in the experts. |
| Check in | We checked into the hotel a little after midnight. |
| Come in | I didn't hear you come in last night, son. |
| Drop in | Please drop in to see us at the Visitor Information Center when you get to town. |
| Flood in | |
| Fly in | Military aircraft were used to fly in food, clothing and medicine to stricken areas. |
| Get in | The police got into the house by breaking the door down. |
| Go in | After knocking politely on the door, he went in. |
| Pop in | Why don't you pop into the office later? There's something I want to show you. |
| Send in | |
| Slip in | The burglar slipped in through an open window. |
| Usher in | This project is an engineering, scientific and technological marvel ushering in a new era of human space exploration. |
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In for inserting Similar
to the previous one. It means putting sth into sth else. If you plug
in some electrical equipment, you insert the plug
into the socket.
| Fill in | You will be asked to fill in a questionnaire designed to measure your quality of life. |
| Get into sth | To give you a better idea, I am now smaller than I was when I lost weight to get into the dress you made me for my high school prom. |
In for collapsing,
surrendering, ending 
It gives the idea of sth breaking inwards and therefore being damaged
or ended.
| Bash in | |
| Break in | |
| Cave in | She was unsure about it all, but he insisted and she finally caved in and agreed. |
| Chuck in | |
| Do in | All this waiting is doing my head in. |
| Fall in | |
| Give in | The government refused to give in to the terrorists' threats. |
| Jack in | If it's going to be like this I might just as well jack it in right now. |
| Kick in | |
| Pack in | At the age of 29 he packed in his job as an industrial caterer and moved to France. |
| Smash in |
In for from
the public Sending, taking or giving something to an organization or somebody
in authority - your boss, teacher, a government official, etc.
| Be in | |
| Check in | |
| Collect in | About 10 days after your presentation, start to collect in the questionnaires. |
| Flood in | Entries flooded in for our Mother's Day meal out competition. |
| Hand in | Don't hand in a report until you have checked it over carefully. |
| Phone in | In our phone-in programme, we recorded your reactions and eyewitness accounts to the attacks and to the events that followed. |
| Pour in | As the donations poured in, they were able to fund research projects. |
| Ring in | |
| Send in | Click on the Search Button to send in your query. |
| Trade in | |
| Trickle in | Applications are still trickling in weeks after the closing date. |
| Write in |
| Bring in | |
| Come in | |
| Creep in | |
| Dig in | |
| Fade in | |
| Lead in | |
| Phase in | The House plan is similar to one proposed last month by GOP senators, but it would phase in tax cuts more rapidly. |
| Set in | As reality sets in, I think that people might take a different view. |
| Tuck in | |
| Usher in | This project is an engineering, scientific and technological marvel ushering in a new era of human space exploration. |
In for understanding It's
used in verbs that have to do with understanding something or trying
to make somebody understand something.
| drive in | |
| drink in | I drank in his words and tried very hard to believe his promises, because he seemed to mean them. |
| drum in | |
| hammer in | |
| rub in | Okay, okay, you've made your point! No need to rub it in. |
| sink in | It is only where you constantly feed the message that it starts to sink in. |
| take in | The announcement was made so quickly that most people couldn't take it in. |
Into for change Changing
from one situation or form to another. The new situation is shown in
the noun that follows the verb.
| Break into | |
| Burst into | |
| Divide into | |
| Dub into | |
| Fall into | |
| Fly into | |
| Get into | |
| Go into | |
| Grow into | |
| Lapse into | |
| Launch into | |
| Make into | |
| Melt into | |
| Put into | |
| Roll into | |
| Settle into | |
| Sink into | |
| Slip into | |
| Strengthen into | The storm strengthened into a minimal hurricane early on tuesday as its sustained winds reached 120 kilometres an hour. |
| Take into | |
| Throw into | |
| Turn into |
| Bluff into | |
| Badger into | |
| Coax into | |
| Drag into | |
| Draw into | |
| Force into | |
| Frighten into | |
| Goad into | |
| Press into | |
| Pull into | |
| Push into | |
| Shame into | |
| Shock into | |
| Starve into | |
| Talk into | I think I'm going to try to talk her into taking a day trip into Mexico. |
| Trap into | |
| Trick into |
| Add in | |
| Blend in | Apply a little shadow under the eye and blend in. |
| Build in | |
| Chime in with | |
| Chip in | Local schools students, individuals and community groups have all chipped in to bring this area alive. |
| Copy in | |
| Dig in | |
| Dub in | |
| Fit in | |
| Fold in | |
| Get in | |
| Go in on | Pretty cheap if a few people went in on it. |
| Include in | |
| Ink in | |
| Merge in | |
| Mix in | |
| Muck in | Prince William is reaching the end of 10 weeks of voluntary work in remote Patagonia, earning the respect of his peers by mucking in with the rest. |
| Pitch in | |
| Put in | |
| Reckon in | |
| Sketch in | |
| Squeeze in | |
| Stand in | |
| Stir in | |
| Take in | |
| Throw in | |
| Tie in with | |
| Tone in | |
| Trade in | |
| Work in | |
| Write in |