in it

English

Prepositional phrase

in it

1. (slang) In trouble.
   • 2012, Pam Durban, The Tree of Forgetfulness, page 133:

     “You heard the sheriff yelling?” he said.
     “Yes,” he said. You're in it now, aren't you, Aubrey? he thought. You're a big man, until you're not, until someone steps in your way and says, “Stop, in the name of the law.”

2. (slang) Getting on successfully, especially in a game.
3. (informal) Taking part in something, such as a lottery.
4. Serving as an expected payout or reward.

   So you're taking all our trash to the dump, for free? I don't understand. What's in it for you?

Derived terms

• you've got to be in it to win it
• what's in it for me

Anagrams

• Inti, inti