go into

phrasal verb transitive

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	go into
he/she/it	goes into
present participle	going into
past tense	went into
past participle	gone into

1
(go into something) to start working in a particular type of job or business
Alex has decided to go into nursing.
Eric went into the army right after school.
Synonyms and related words
Starting up in business
bootstrap
go into
set up
2
(go into something) to change to a different movement, state, or condition, usually a worse one
Her car went into a dangerous spin.
Fur sales went into a steep decline last month.
One of the victims went into a coma and died.
Synonyms and related words
To become different
change
turn into
change into
3
(go into something) to talk about something in a lot of detail
That’s a good question, but I don’t want to go into it now.
The company is refusing to go into detail about its offer.
Synonyms and related words
To make something easier to understand
explain
define
put across
4
(go into something) to be used or spent in order to do something
Over 50% of the budget went into the design of the equipment.
go into doing something:
Months of hard work have gone into making tonight’s ceremony a success.
Synonyms and related words
To use something, or to be used
go towards
bring in
fall back on
5
(go into something) to start an explanation or statement, especially a long and boring one
He went into a long rant about the high price of petrol.
Synonyms and related words
To make something easier to understand
explain
define
put across
6
(go into something) if a smaller number goes into a larger number, the larger number can be divided by the smaller a particular number of times
5 goes into 25 5 times.
4 into 20 goes 5.
9 into 23 won’t go.
Synonyms and related words
To calculate or count
calculate
count
estimate
7
(go into something) to crash into something
The truck swerved violently and went into a wall.
Synonyms and related words
To hit, or to crash into something
hit
crash
collide