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Go into meaning

Go into is a phrasal verb with 5 meanings. One of them is to begin working in a particular profession or type of employment.

Past simple
went into
Past participle
gone into
-ing form
going into

What go into means

enter a professionC1

To begin working in a particular profession or type of employment

She left research to go into teaching.

4 more meanings of go into are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With go: go out, go in, go on, go off, go up, go away, go back, go together, go with, go down.

With into: get into, patch into, break into, let something into something, look into, make something into something, pull into, put something into something, read something into something, rip into.

Common questions

What does go into mean?

It has 5 meanings. One of them is to begin working in a particular profession or type of employment. The other 4, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of go into?

Went into. The past participle is gone into.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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