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go deep

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go/run deep
if a feeling or a problem goes deep, it is very strong or serious and has existed for a long time Feelings of anger went deep on both sides. Underlying problems in the company run deep and it is unlikely that a new director will be able to solve them.
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Everything in this baby was charming, but for some reason all this did not go deep to her heart.
So Roger Chillingworth -- the man of skill, the kind and friendly physician -- strove to go deep into his patient's bosom, delving among his principles, prying into his recollections, and probing everything with a cautious touch, like a treasure-seeker in a dark cavern.
Aylmer appeared to believe that, by the plainest scientific logic, it was altogether within the limits of possibility to discover this long-sought medium; "but," he added, "a philosopher who should go deep enough to acquire the power would attain too lofty a wisdom to stoop to the exercise of it.
 
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