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Meaning: (idiomatic)Irrevocably committed to something.; (idiomatic)In trouble.1869,R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter X, inLorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London:Sampson Low, Son, & Marston,[…],→OCLC:when her ears were bent towards him, and I felt her form beneath me gathering up like whalebone, and her hind-legs coming under her, and I knew that I wasin for it.1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, inBaseball Joe on the School Nine:"You sure did [hit someone with the snowball]," added Teeter, stiffling a laugh. "And of all persons in the school but Professor Rodd. Oh my! Oh wow! You'rein for itnow! He won't do a thing to you fellows! Look at his hat! Here he comes!"
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