dip a toe into

dip a toe into

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dip a toe into

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) To enter or get involved in tentatively and for the first time.
   • 1987, Chez Dominique (in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 27, July 1987)

     Artists' books seldom dip a toe into literature.

   • 2001, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country

     Surfers Paradise is just over the border in Queensland, and I was eager to dip a toe into that interesting and erratic state.

   • 2006, China Williams, George Dunford, Southeast Asia on a shoestring

     Surabaya's crumbling old town is the best place to dip a toe into the city's soul.