To go in for Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . Colloq. (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.

   He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. Dickens.