Значение идиомы in for
[in for] {prep.}, {informal} Unable to avoid; sure to get.
Thenaughty puppy was in for a spanking.
On Christmas morning we arein for some surprises.
We saw Father looking angrily out of thebroken window, and we knew we were in for it.
Compare: HAVE IT INFOR.
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