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Definition of go into phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

go into

phrasal verb
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go into something
  1. (of a vehicle) to hit something violently
    • The car skidded and went into a tree.
  2. (of a vehicle or driver) to start moving in a particular way
    • The plane went into a nosedive.
  3. to join an organization, especially in order to have a career in it
    • to go into the Army/the Church/Parliament
    • to go into teaching
  4. to begin to do something or behave in a particular way
    • He went into a long explanation of the affair.
  5. to examine something carefully
    • We need to go into the question of costs.
  6. (of money, time, effort, etc.) to be spent on something or used to do something
    • More government money needs to go into the project.
    • go into doing something Years of work went into researching the book.
See go into in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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