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GO INTO
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To come or go into
Example:
the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
Synonyms:
come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go into"):
take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)
penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
re-enter (enter again)
file in (enter by marching in a file)
pop in (enter briefly)
walk in (enter by walking)
call at; out in (enter a harbor)
take water (enter the water)
turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road)
board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))
intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)
encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)
dock (come into dock)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be used or required for
Example:
A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
I will not open the window here; it would give you all cold; but I can go into my mother's room you know.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
To cause to go into solution.
(Dissolve, NCI Thesaurus)
Her store-room, she thought, might have been good enough for Mrs. Grant to go into.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
When there is an abnormality in the expression of these clock genes, the body’s innate immunity can go into overdrive.
(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)
It may go into effect right away, or when that person is no longer able to make decisions for himself or herself.
(DPA, NCI Dictionary)
For some people, myasthenia gravis can go into remission and they do not need medicines.
(Myasthenia Gravis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
On Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner's coming up they were all pressed to go into the house and take some refreshment; but this was declined, and they parted on each side with utmost politeness.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Every ship on the list is to go into commission.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Just then a bell rang, and the green girl said to Dorothy, "That is the signal. You must go into the Throne Room alone."
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I want to go into that cabin, I do.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
