toe-dip

English

Verb

toe-dip (third-person singular simple present toe-dips, present participle toe-dipping, simple past and past participle toe-dipped)

To dip a toe into something.
- 2010, Max Gunther, The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way:
  Thus Clement Stone, though he has toe-dipped and waded and sometimes plunged into many ventures during the course of a busy life, is still inescapably labeled as an insurance man.
- 2011, Max Gunther, Wall Street and Witchcraft:
  All newcomers who plunged or waded or toe-dipped into the market believed, or at least hoped, they had some special insight or cleverness not granted to anybody else.
- 2018 May 3, Stacey Jenkins, “Family Business on Tap at Reuben's Brews”, in Rewire:
  Adam, who is admittedly risk-averse, kept his day job for the first 18 months after the family opened its business. During those beginning months, he said he “toe-dipped” in.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see toe,‎ dip.
- 1981, David Littlejohn, Going to California, page 61:
  First she toe-dipped, and squealed, then timidly let herself down the ladder inch by chilly inch.

单词	toe-dip
释义	toe-dip English Verb toe-dip (third-person singular simple present toe-dips, present participle toe-dipping, simple past and past participle toe-dipped) To dip a toe into something. 2010, Max Gunther, The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way: Thus Clement Stone, though he has toe-dipped and waded and sometimes plunged into many ventures during the course of a busy life, is still inescapably labeled as an insurance man. 2011, Max Gunther, Wall Street and Witchcraft: All newcomers who plunged or waded or toe-dipped into the market believed, or at least hoped, they had some special insight or cleverness not granted to anybody else. 2018 May 3, Stacey Jenkins, “Family Business on Tap at Reuben's Brews”, in Rewire: Adam, who is admittedly risk-averse, kept his day job for the first 18 months after the family opened its business. During those beginning months, he said he “toe-dipped” in. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see toe,‎ dip. 1981, David Littlejohn, Going to California, page 61: First she toe-dipped, and squealed, then timidly let herself down the ladder inch by chilly inch.
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