A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

go into service • go into the service
go into service —
1
. begin to be used; become operational:
One of the first jet bombers to go into service was the English
Electric Canberra. 2. be employed as domestic servant: Ten
years later she at last reached a higher station in life: she went
into service with a Jewish couple. 3. join the armed forces: At
the opening of the war he went into service as captain of Com-
pany I, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry.
Note: 
The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with
the phrase come into service— = go into service 
1
: The suburban
railway to the airport came into service last week.
go into the service— = go into service 3: It was World War II
and we knew we would have to go into the service as soon as
we turned eighteen.
go into the Church • go to church
go into the Church —(also: come into the Church) become a
minister; adopt religion as a career: Amorth, having studied
law at a university, went into the Church.
go to church —attend church services regularly: Ladies go to
church to exhibit their bonnets, and young gentlemen to flash
their diamond rings.
go it strong • go strong
go it strong —(also: come it strong ) speak or act in a way which
is too extreme: He is about forty, looks young for that, drinks
powerful tea, and then goes it strong upon all subjects.
go strong —
1
. = go it strong: He also intends to go strong on
trying to achieve full internet access for all students. 2. (Pro-
gressive Tense) be very old but still in good health: My father
is nearly ninety now and still going strong. 3. (Progressive
Tense) exist for a long time but be still popular, or working
well: The group was a huge success, both personally and pro-
fessionally, and it is still going strong.