COME IN FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come in for mean? 

• COME IN FOR (verb)
  The verb COME IN FOR has 1 sense:

1. be subject to or the object of

  Familiarity information: COME IN FOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME IN FOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be subject to or the object of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The governor came in for a lot of criticism

Hypernyms (to "come in for" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

I come in for a pretty good share as a second.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I shall come in for tea, and we can go away together; I am filled with anxiety, and want to consult with you alone as soon as I can after you have seen her. Do not fail!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)