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dip a toe into en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, figuratively, idiomatic) Alternative form of dip one's toe in.
    • Surfers Paradise is just over the border in Queensland, and I was eager to dip a toe into that interesting and erratic state. 2001, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country:
    • Artists' books seldom dip a toe into literature. 1987 July, “Chez Dominique”, in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 27:
    • Surabaya's crumbling old town is the best place to dip a toe into the city's soul. 2006, China Williams, George Dunford, Southeast Asia on a shoestring:

Forms

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dipped a toe into Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dipped a toe into Tense=Past lexicographic
dipping a toe into Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dips a toe into Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic