enter into

Definitions

1. 1

   to penetrate

2. 2

   To become legally committed to.

   • One must be of legal age to enter into a contract.
3. 3

   To engage in a formal or informal process.

   • The country entered into peace talks with the militants.
   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
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   1. 4

      To be relevant

      To be relevant; to be a contributing factor in.

      • He did the crime and will go to jail - the fact that he did not know it was illegal does not enter into it.
      • [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

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