GO INTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go into mean? 

• GO INTO (verb)
  The verb GO INTO has 2 senses:

1. to come or go into

2. be used or required for

  Familiarity information: GO INTO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO INTO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To come or go into

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into

Context example:

the boat entered an area of shallow marshes

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

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Dan'l, I'd better go into the house, and die and be a riddance!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Whenever I go into the library, I am impressed that way.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It had to go into his pocket with the cheese.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

With your permission, I will remain in the waiting-room while you go into my father’s case.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But he did not go into the fires.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“What did you go into the pool for?” he asked.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ll go into that later.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I stood without moving, I saw one of the maids pass silently along the passage—she had her back towards me, so did not see me—and go into the room where Lucy lay.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

THE CHAIRMAN: 'I fear I cannot go into personal matters. Proceed.'

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)