come in for
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]come in for (third-person singular simple present comes in for, present participle coming in for, simple past came in for, past participle come in for)
- (transitive) to be subjected to
- If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise.
- The director came in for a lot of criticism about the way she handled the disaster.