dip into
verb(intr, preposition)
to draw (upon): he dipped into his savings
to read (passages) at random or cursorily in (a book, newspaper, etc)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with dip into
dip into
Investigate superficially, as in He began to dip into Chaucer, or She's just dipping into psychology. This expression alludes to plunging briefly into a liquid. [Late 1600s]
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