go into sth
(HIT) — phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› If a vehicle goes into something such as a tree or a wall, it hits it: Their car was travelling at 50 miles an hour when it went into the tree. → Compare collideHitting against objects accidentally and colliding
(Definition of go into sth (HIT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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