be in for sth
— phrasal verb with be ukstrong /biː/weak /bi/weak /bɪ/usstrong /biː/weak /bi/weak /bɪ/verb being, was, were, been
C2 to be going to experience something unpleasant very soon:
The weather forecast says we're in for heavy rain this evening.
You'll be in for it (= you'll be in trouble) if you don't do what she tells you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- creek
- embattled
- fall into sth
- flounder
- frying pan
- fumble
- leg
- out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
- patch
- pickle
- pressed
- pushed
- ride
- rocky road idiom
- thin
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