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I'm trying to understand what does "Go and into" mean here. The frame is approximately this one: there's a skater getting her trainings in front of a TV camera (which is supposed to create media interest around her) and her trainer is inciting her to do some skating figures and moves. At a given point the trainer orders this: "Go and into the jump".

What does it mean here? Thanks in advance!

EDIT Audio clip here ( the sentence in the title is at 00:40 ).

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    Are you sure it is not saying "Go and enter the jump", or "Go on into the jump"?
    – Weather Vane
    Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 19:55
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    Subtitles are often wrong. A link to the clip would help, with a time cue.
    – Weather Vane
    Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 19:58
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    It's just an indistinct set of instructions, not a sentence. It is certainly not an on-topic English question. Similarly: start, stop, go, pause, ready, into the jump.
    – Weather Vane
    Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 20:35
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    Heavens! It means "now go into the jump". The jump is a skating move, like the spin, the crouch, the lunge, etc. There was a pause, a comma if you like, after "go". As in "go, into the jump". Or "Go, and into the jump".
    – Weather Vane
    Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 20:40
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    I transcribe it as "Go <slight pause> and <slight pause> into the jump". It's not a pattern. He's saying "Go", then he's saying "And" and then he's saying "Into the jump". He's not trying to say full complete coherent sentences.
    – Mitch
    Commented Apr 24, 2019 at 22:58

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The phrase "into the jump" is analogous to Henry V in Shakespeare: "Once more unto the breach," or the song title "Once more into the fray." The unto or into expresses commitment.

"to be into" is defined thus, at https://www.dictionary.com/browse/be-into:

be into

Also, get into . Be interested in or involved with. For example, She's really into yoga , or Once you retire, it's important to get into some hobby you've always wanted to try . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]

I could say, about skiing, "I was into the turn before I realized my weight was to far back." There are some things to which one needs to make a commitment, like jumping a ditch, rather than going tentatively step by step.

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