TAKE THE PLUNGE

Meaning of TAKE THE PLUNGE in English

do something decisive (often used when you get married) He finally decided to take the plunge and will get married next year.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

TAKE THE PLUNGE — phrasal to do or undertake something decisively especially after a period of hesitation or uncertainty
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAKE THE PLUNGE — dare to make a move, dare to do something
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE THE PLUNGE — : to do or undertake something decisively especially after a period of hesitation or uncertainty
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE THE PLUNGE — to do or undertake something decisively especially after a period of hesitation or uncertainty
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TAKE THE PLUNGE — informal commit oneself to a bold course of action after consideration. → plunge
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE THE PLUNGE — ( informal ) to decide to do sth important or difficult, especially after thinking about it for a long time
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE THE PLUNGE — {v. phr.} To take a fatal or decisive step; venture. * /When I asked Don when he and Melissa were …
Slang English vocab
TAKE THE PLUNGE — See ↑ RISK 3
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE THE PLUNGE — COMMIT ONESELF, go for it, throw caution to the wind(s), risk it; informal jump in at the deep end, go …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE THE PLUNGE — {v. phr.} To take a fatal or decisive step; venture. * /When I asked Don when he and Melissa were …
Словарь английских идиом
TAKE THE PLUNGE — v. phr. To take a fatal or decisive step; venture. When I asked Don when he and Melissa were going …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг делать решительный шаг
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TAKE THE PLUNGE — expr infml I'm not ready to take the plunge yet — Я еще не готов на такой решительный шаг I only wish …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
TAKE THE PLUNGE — expr infml I'm not ready to take the plunge yet — Я еще не готов на такой решительный шаг I …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
TAKE THE PLUNGE — I'm not ready to take the plunge yet — Я еще не готов на такой решительный шаг I only wish …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
TAKE THE PLUNGE — сделать решительный шаг делать решительный шаг
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUNGE — I. ˈplənj verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English plungen, plongen, from Middle French plonger, plongier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUNGE — (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or …
Английский словарь Webster
PLUNGE — ( v. t. ) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUNGE — /plunj/ , v. , plunged, plunging , n. v.t. 1. to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
PLUNGE — vt to baptize by immersion. 2. plunge ·noun heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation. 3. plunge ·vi …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLUNGE — [plunge] vb plunged ; plung.ing [ME, fr. MF plonger, fr. (assumed) VL plumbicare, fr. L plumbum lead] vt (14c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUNGE — / plʌndʒ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [+ adv. / prep. ] to move or make sb/sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLUNGE — I. plunge 1 /plʌndʒ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: plongier , from Vulgar …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLUNGE — v. & n. --v. 1 (usu. foll. by in, into) a tr. thrust forcefully or abruptly. b intr. dive; propel …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLUNGE — v. & n. v. 1 (usu. foll. by in, into) a tr. thrust forcefully or abruptly. b intr. dive; propel …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
PLUNGE — v. & n. --v. 1. (usu. foll. by in, into) a tr. thrust forcefully or abruptly. b intr. dive; propel …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUNGE — ( plunges, plunging, plunged) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLUNGE — (~s, plunging, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If something or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PLUNGE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be plunged into darkness (= be suddenly in darkness because the lights go out …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLUNGE — [noun] [C]I really enjoyed my plunge (= jumping in and swimming) in the pool.There has been a plunge in the …
Cambridge English vocab
PLUNGE — Synonyms and related words : abate, ablate, advance, agiotage, ante, ante up, arbitrage, ascend, back, back up, bate, be caught …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUNGE — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: THRUST 2, dig, drive, ram, run, sink, stab, stick 2 to thrust or cast oneself …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PLUNGE — verb 1. Synonyms: thrust 2, dig, drive, ram, run, sink, stab, stick 2. to thrust or cast oneself or something …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUNGE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cold ▪ Bathers would go straight from the hot room to take a cold ~. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUNGE — n. 25B6; verb Joy plunged into the sea : DIVE, jump, throw oneself, launch oneself. the aircraft plunged to the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLUNGE — v. 1 descend, drop, plummet, dive, pitch, nosedive, fall (headlong) They lost their footing, and both Holmes and Moriarty plunged …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLUNGE — 1. сущ. 1) ныряние Syn : plunging, diving 2) а) погружение, прыжок в воду Syn : immersion, submersion, dive 1. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLUNGE — plunge.ogg 1. plʌndʒ n 1. 1> ныряние to take a plunge - броситься в воду 2> часто мор. погружение 3> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAKE — 1) брать 2) воспринимать 3) впитывать 4) довозить 5) дубль 6) заступать 7) захватывать 8) определять 9) отбирать 10) отнимать 11) поглощать 12) преобразовывать 13) принятие 14) проникать 15) растворять 16) схватывать • development of mine take …
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