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go into

verb
  1. To get involved in; to investigate or explore. · I don't want to go into the details now.· We need to go into the background of the case before jumping to conclusions.
  2. To embark upon as an occupation or profession. · I worked for a while as a PA before I went into teaching.
  3. To divide, to be a factor of. · 11 goes into 88 and 99 but not 100.· 7 goes into 46 six times, with remainder 4.
  4. To attack; to assault physically. (colloquial)
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, into.
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“If you wish,” said the Lion, “I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 37 · B2
A WOLF coming out of a field of oats met a Horse and thus addressed him: “I would advise you to go into that field.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 82 · B2
With Dorothy hard at work, the Witch thought she would go into the courtyard and harness the Cowardly Lion like a horse; it would amuse her, she was sure, to make him draw her chariot whenever she wished to go to drive.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 86 · B2
You must go into the Throne Room alone.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 67 · B2

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