to announce that you have arrived at a hotel or event so that your name can be put on an official record. You can also say check in, which is the usual American word
to arrange for yourself or someone else to stay at a hotel, hospital etc
Ann flicked through the pages of the battered book in front of her.
He’s booked himself in at a health spa.
I’d just arrived at the conference and hadn’t had time to book in.
People on airplanes often told me stuff, even though I'd put a book in my lap and close my eyes.
Rose Kelly probably hadn't read an `adult" book in her life!
books in
booking in
booked in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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