In ::
In
(adv.) Not out;
within; inside. In, the
preposition, becomes an
adverb by
omission of its
object, leaving it as the
representative of an
adverbial phrase, the
context indicating what the
omitted object is; as, he takes in the
situation (i. e., he
comprehends it in his
mind); the
Republicans were in (i. e., in
office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the
head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the
house)..