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Grammar detail: verb て form + いく

verb て form + いく  go on doing, continue
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verb て form
+
いく
means
to go on doing, to continue doing
At its core, 〜ていく expresses movement or progression away from the speaker (or the current point of reference) toward somewhere else. It is also used to describe a change in state that indicates how things will change and progress into the future, based on the present situation.
〜てった/〜ていきました is its past-tense form (used for actions or events that happened in the past).
いく comes from
く (to go), but is usually written in hiragana in this construction.

Physical movement: moving away

This describes a physical action moving away from the speaker or away from a starting point into the distance.
かれ
うみ
ほう
ある
いていきました

He was walking toward the sea.
わたし
かれ
げていく

I saw him run away.
わたし
あと
からついていきます
I'll follow.

Temporal change: changing continuously into the future

その
おと
だんだん
ちい
さく
なっていった
The sound grew fainter and fainter.
そと
だんだん
あか
るく
なっていく
It is getting lighter outside.
てんき
天気
ますます
わる
なっていった
The weather was getting worse and worse.

Continuation of action: continuing into the future

これからこの
しごと
仕事
つづ
けて
いきたいです
I want to continue doing this job going forward.
かんじ
漢字
べんきょう
勉強
がんば
頑張
っていきます

I will keep working hard on studying kanji.
This form can be used interchangeably with ゆく, the alternative reading of いく. The meaning is unchanged, although the tone is slightly more formal.
ひと
ひつよう
必要
おう
じて
しぜん
自然
もの
えてゆく

Man modifies to his needs what nature produces.
ていく is often combined with another verb of motion, and this is harder to represent in English. For example,
とお
る ➜
とお
っていく could both be translated as 'go by'.
ゆうびんきょく
郵便局
そば
とお
っていく

I'm going by the post office.
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Kanji used in this grammar

コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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カイ   うみ ocean   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のが to free   
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カン    outlook   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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カン    Chinese   
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ジ   character   あざ village section   
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ベン    exertion   
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キョウ   ゴウ   つよ strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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ガン    stubborn   
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チョウ   は to stretch   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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オウ   おうじる to satisfy, reply, comply   こたえる to respond to   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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ユウ    mail   
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便
convenience; tidings   ビン tidings   ベン convenience   たよ tidings, news   
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キョク    office   
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