as a joke.

He called me stupid, then said it was all in jest and he felt really bad about it.

• in the name of something
• in the neighborhood of
• in the neighborhood of something
• in the nick of time
• in the offing
• in the open
• in theory
• in the palm of hand
• in the palm of your hand
• in the picture
• in the pink
• in the pink of
• in the pink of something
• in the pipeline
• in the process of
• in the process of doing something
• in the public eye
• in the raw
• in the red
• in the right place at the right time
• in the rough
• in the running
• in the saddle
• in the same ballpark
• in the same boat