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Phrase(s): want someone or something in something
to desire that someone or something be in something or some place. • I want you in my office immediately. • I want some coffee in this room now!, Phrase(s): want in((to) something)
to want to come into something or some place. • It’s cold out here! I want into the house. • The dog wants in.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Desire to enter, as in The cat wants in. The antonym is want out, as in The dog wants out. [First half of 1800s] 2. Wish to join a business, project, or other undertaking, as in Some investors want in but have not yet been admitted. Again, the antonym is want out, as in Many Quebec residents want out of Canada. [Mid-1900s]
American Heritage Idioms