"dip into" meaning in English

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      "form": "dipped into",
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          "text": "Dip the teabag into the cup.",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: dip into."
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        "(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: dip into."
      ],
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          "ref": "1976 August 28, John C. Lawrence, “H.C.H.S Support”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 5:",
          "text": "If people in the community wish HCHS to survive, then it's time they dip into the old checkbook and demonstrated their commitment.",
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        "To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings)."
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          "savings",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings)."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Dip into a nice book.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2021 May 7, Maya Phillips, “For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "“The Midnight Gospel,” which debuted on Netflix last year, is a show that I dipped into slowly, like a pint of oddly flavored artisanal ice cream: It was tasty yet confounding, more idiosyncratic than my usual preferred flavors, suitable for consumption only when I was in a very specific mood.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 16, Julia Felsenthal, “An Artist Whose Work Might (Possibly) Have Its Own Free Will”, in The New York Times Style Magazine:",
          "text": "Surveying the breadth of Auerbach’s practice and the diverse bodies of knowledge they dip into, I began to think of the artist as a sort of antenna, picking up invisible signals from across time and space (this impression was likely bolstered by the way they wear their eyeliner: antenna-like, drawn an inch or so past each outer canthus).",
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        "To read, examine or engage in (something) in a cursory or casual manner."
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          "engage",
          "engage"
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          "cursory",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To read, examine or engage in (something) in a cursory or casual manner."
      ],
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        }
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: dip into."
      ],
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        "(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: dip into."
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          "text": "If people in the community wish HCHS to survive, then it's time they dip into the old checkbook and demonstrated their commitment.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings)."
      ],
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        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "savings",
          "savings"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "text": "Dip into a nice book.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 May 7, Maya Phillips, “For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "“The Midnight Gospel,” which debuted on Netflix last year, is a show that I dipped into slowly, like a pint of oddly flavored artisanal ice cream: It was tasty yet confounding, more idiosyncratic than my usual preferred flavors, suitable for consumption only when I was in a very specific mood.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 16, Julia Felsenthal, “An Artist Whose Work Might (Possibly) Have Its Own Free Will”, in The New York Times Style Magazine:",
          "text": "Surveying the breadth of Auerbach’s practice and the diverse bodies of knowledge they dip into, I began to think of the artist as a sort of antenna, picking up invisible signals from across time and space (this impression was likely bolstered by the way they wear their eyeliner: antenna-like, drawn an inch or so past each outer canthus).",
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        }
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          "examine",
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          "cursory",
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        ],
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      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To read, examine or engage in (something) in a cursory or casual manner."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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