The meaning of "go in"

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello,

“I went in to get a physical yesterday.”

I have no idea what “go in” here. Go in some clinic for a physical? What’s the meaning of the phrase?

Thank you in advance,
sweetpumpkin

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Yes, it means “I went to a doctor and had a physical yesterday.”

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Yes, it means “I went to a doctor and had a I had a physical yesterday .”

Please clarify it (as well as ‘physical’), Torsten.

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Perhaps, this implies a visit to a clinic (as suggested by Torsten): “I entered the room to have a physical checkup yesterday.”

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I went in to get a physical yesterday.
I went in for a job interview.
I went in for my annual review.

Here you are going to someplace.
Where you are going to; whether a clinic, doctor’s office, hiring office or your boss’s office; is implied by what follows in the sentence.

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The two terms need clarification.

  1. I don’t think the usage is correct; perhaps there’s an inadvertent error.
  2. Does ‘physical’ mean ‘physical checkup’?
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Yes.

I don’t know if others think the same, but to me a ‘checkup’ is what the average person gets. A physical is something athletes get to clear them for doing sports. I think a lot of people use them interchangeably. ‘Physical checkup’ seems almost redundant to me.

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Thank you.

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I agree with NN on the use of “checkup.”

Another, similar use of “in”:
I took my car in for an oil change.

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