dive in

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To dive in is to begin something at once, without hesitating. Straight to it, and questions later.

The literal sense is swimming, and diving in rather than climbing down the steps is the whole image. The figurative sense covers work, food and decisions, so being told to dive in at a table means help yourself. It carries a note of enthusiasm and sometimes of recklessness, since diving in without reading the instructions is how things get broken. Dive into takes an object.

Definitions of dive in

1phrasedive inTo start doing something eagerly and without delay.B2
“Do dive in before it goes cold.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 16 of A Man Called Ove.

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dive in

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To dive in is to begin something at once, without hesitating. Straight to it, and questions later.

Definitions of dive in

1phrasedive inTo start doing something eagerly and without delay.B2
“Do dive in before it goes cold.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 16 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word