whip in

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Verb

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whip in (third-person singular simple present whips in, present participle whipping in, simple past and past participle whipped in)

  1. (transitive) To prevent hunting hounds from straying from the pack by whipping them.
  2. (transitive, figuratively, politics) To keep a party member in line.
  3. (soccer, transitive) To make a quick pass into the goalmouth.
    He whipped in a dangerous cross, and Faulkner headed into the net.