dip a toe into

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

  1. (idiomatic, figuratively) Alternative form of dip one's toe in.
    • 1987 July, “Chez Dominique”, in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 27:
      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.