come in

/ˌkʌm ˈɪn/ verb

To enter. · Please come in and look around.· Come in, it's cold outside.
To arrive. · That flight just came in.
To become relevant, applicable, or useful. · The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in.
To become available. · Blueberries will be coming in next month.
To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well. · Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here.
To join or enter; to begin playing with a group. · They started together, but the drummer came in late.
To enter a plan or group; to join in. (informal) · Near-synonym: come across
To surrender; to turn oneself in. · Near-synonym: come across· to come in from the cold

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“Tell my son,” said Anthony to the answering menial, “to come in here before he leaves the house.”

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 8 · C1

“That’s why I asked you to come in.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 10 · C1

“Come in,” shouted Anthony, who was in a red dressing-gown, reading a book of piratical adventures.

Six stories from The Four Million, p. 14 · C1

But Father Wolf knew that the mouth of the cave was too narrow for a tiger to come in by.

The Jungle Book, p. 5 · B2

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