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in for preposition phrase Ready or eager for, in favor of.

1894 Wingfield Big Buck 400 I was in for going to camp and coming back in the morning after the game. 1939 Hall Coll (Deep Creek NC) He was in for going and I told him, I said “Doc, you’d better stay out of there.” 1953 Hall Coll (Plott Creek NC) Now when [the dogs] begin to strike a hot trail, it seems that these [Plott hounds] get mad, and they’re in for killing as soon as they can get there.

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