inside
Shows that something or someone is in the inner part of a place or thing.
Used to indicate that someone or something is located within the interior space of an object, area, or structure.
The inner part of something, not the outside.
The inner area, surface, or structure of an object, space, or body.
In or into the inner part of something.
In or into the inner part of a place or object.
On or about the inner side of something.
Situated on or relating to the inner side or surface of something.
Special secret information from within a group or company.
Privileged or secret information from within an organization, group, or situation.
- Base: inside
- Base: inside
- Plural: insides
get under someone's skin (on the inside)
1Affect someone emotionally from within
To make someone feel strong emotions, often annoyance, from deep inside.
- His criticism really got under my skin on the inside.
- Sometimes her words get under my skin and stay there.
inside out
1With inner surface outward; completely familiar with something
With the inner side turned outward; knowing something very well.
- You’re wearing your sweater inside out.
- She knows that book inside out.
on the inside
1From within a place or group
Being in a place or group, not outside it.
- She knows how things work on the inside.
- From the outside he seems friendly, but on the inside he’s very private.