"dip one's toe in the water" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dips one's toe in the water [present, singular, third-person], dipping one's toe in the water [participle, present], dipped one's toe in the water [participle, past], dipped one's toe in the water [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dip one's toe in the water (third-person singular simple present dips one's toe in the water, present participle dipping one's toe in the water, simple past and past participle dipped one's toe in the water)
  1. Synonym of test the waters Synonyms: test the waters [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: get one's feet wet
    Sense id: en-dip_one's_toe_in_the_water-en-verb-vWnPqwgb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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