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enter into

1. (transitive, law) To become legally committed to.

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

2. (transitive) To engage in a formal or informal process.

   The country entered into peace talks with the militants.‎

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, Part I, chapter4:

     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’.

3. (transitive) To be relevant; to be a contributing factor.

   He did the crime and will go to jail - the fact that he did not know it was illegal does not enter into it.‎

   • 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)

     [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn't, ay? Beautiful plumage!

     [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

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