1.
( of a vehicle ) to hit sth violently :
The car skidded and went into a tree.
2.
( of a vehicle or driver ) to start moving in a particular way :
The plane went into a nosedive.
3.
to join an organization, especially in order to have a career in it :
to go into the Army / the Church / Parliament
to go into teaching
4.
to begin to do sth or behave in a particular way :
He went into a long explanation of the affair.
5.
to examine sth carefully :
We need to go into the question of costs.
6.
( of money, time, effort, etc. ) to be spent on sth or used to do sth :
More government money needs to go into the project.
[+ -ing ]
Years of work went into researching the book.