"be in for" meaning in English

See be in for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-be in for.ogg Forms: is in for [present, singular, third-person], being in for [participle, present], was in for [past], been in for [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> in for}} be in for (third-person singular simple present is in for, present participle being in for, simple past was in for, past participle been in for)
  1. (idiomatic) To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: have it coming, have one's work cut out for one, in for Translations (able to expect): 可能會遭到 (Chinese Mandarin), 可能会遭到 (kěnéng huì zāodào) (Chinese Mandarin), olla luvassa (Finnish), olla odotettavissa (Finnish), en avoir pour (French), etwas kommt auf jmdn. zu (German), essere in attesa (Italian), kroić się [imperfective] (Polish), ожида́ть (ožidátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предви́деть (predvídetʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), име́ть в перспекти́ве (imétʹ v perspektíve) [imperfective] (Russian), быть под угро́зой (bytʹ pod ugrózoj) [imperfective] (Russian), очікувати (očikuvaty) (Ukrainian), не минути (ne mynuty) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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