- dip into
- dip into (something)
to use a small amount of something.
The local government voted to dip into the emergency fund to pay for repairing the old town hall.
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dip into
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dip into — [v] try, sample appropriate, browse, dabble, flip through, get, glance at, glance over, leaf through, peruse, play at, rifle through*, run over, run through, scan, seize, skim, take, taste, thumb through*; concepts 87,623 … New thesaurus
dip into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dip into : present tense I/you/we/they dip into he/she/it dips into present participle dipping into past tense dipped into past participle dipped into 1) dip into something to read, watch, or listen to small… … English dictionary
dip into — verb read selectively; read only certain passages from a text • Hypernyms: ↑read • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * dip into [phrasal verb] dip into (something) 1 a : to take out … Useful english dictionary
dip into — verb a) To spend some of ones savings Dip the teabag into the cup b) To read parts of something. Dip into a nice book … Wiktionary
dip into — {v. phr.} 1. To scan or sample lightly and briefly (said of printed materials). * /I didn t get a chance to read all of War and Peace, but I dipped into it here and there./ 2. To take money out of a savings account or a piggy bank. * /I am sorry… … Dictionary of American idioms
dip into — {v. phr.} 1. To scan or sample lightly and briefly (said of printed materials). * /I didn t get a chance to read all of War and Peace, but I dipped into it here and there./ 2. To take money out of a savings account or a piggy bank. * /I am sorry… … Dictionary of American idioms
dip\ into — v. phr. 1. To scan or sample lightly and briefly (said of printed materials). I didn t get a chance to read all of War and Peace, but I dipped into it here and there. 2. To take money out of a savings account or a piggy bank. I am sorry to have… … Словарь американских идиом
dip into — phr verb Dip into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑pocket, ↑reserve, ↑saving … Collocations dictionary
dip into your pocket — INFORMAL ► to spend some of your money on something: »She admitted that she had been forced to dip into her own pocket to make up a funding shortfall. Main Entry: ↑dip … Financial and business terms
dip into something — dip into (something) to use a small amount of something. The local government voted to dip into the emergency fund to pay for repairing the old town hall … New idioms dictionary
