to plunge
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4.2
- verb
- /plʌndʒ/
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sumergirse en
- You plunge it into the tissue to get a sample.
- plunge ahead
I've been doing the cold plunging and that's been great.
- I've been doing the cold plunging and that's been great.
- So he didn't just play football with adoring children, he plunged into unfriendly, even hostile audiences.
- I fall to the ground and I'm on my side and he now leaning on me and he's plunging this knife into me.
- If you add heat to it, some of you can then go ahead and cold plunge.
- Anger is prepared to plunge into danger, provided it pulls the other person down.
- So it may not be a great fat loss to actually, now again, people will say, well, I like cold plunging.
- And then those of Little Faith, AKA the Egyptians were cold plunged for their death.
Examples
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And some lawmakers worried that it would plunge the courts into "pre-guidelines chaos."
Academic text (2010) -
Gulping in a quick breath of air, she plunged into the foul smell of the alley.
Fiction book (1990) -
Oh, plunge your hands in water, plunge them in up to the wrist.
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I went to the edge of the boat, removed my shoes, pull my cap down, and plunged into the water.
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And with no further discussion, we went back inside the submarine and plunged into the water.
Academic text (2007) -
But now that you're here I hope you won't mind if I plunge straight into business?
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This burger is cooked separately and then wrapped in dough and plunged in hot oil.
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After a few chapters, the reader of Fight Club is plunged into an atmosphere of disease and mental instability.
Academic text (2009) -
As an undergraduate, Lovett had already plunged into the first wave of American modernism.
Academic text (2001) -
She took a deep breath and plunged into the cool water without hesitating.
Synonyms
504
3.7
To start something new with energy, often in public
366
1.8
To join an activity or take an opportunity quickly and eagerly
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3.9
To put something completely under water or another liquid
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3.7
Start doing something quickly and with a lot of energy
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
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5.5
Decide to do something difficult or risky after thinking about it for a long time
Compounds
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plunge comes from the same idea of sinking like heavy plumbum ('lead'), so to 'plunge into' a project or job means to jump in quickly and energetically.