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Phrase(s): dip something in(to) something [and] dip something in
to put something into a substance in order to take some of it. • Tom dipped some of the bread into the cheese sauce. • Dip in the bread again and get some more cheese on it., Phrase(s): dip in(to something)
1. to reach into a liquid. • I dipped into the dishwater, looking for the missing spoon. • I dipped in and there it was. 2. to reach into a substance, usually to remove some of the substance. • I dipped into the sour cream with a potato chip and brought out an enormous glob. • He grabbed the jar of peanut butter and dipped in. 3. [for something] to sink or lower into a liquid. • The oars dipped into the water and came out again. • The lower branches sagged down to the water and dipped in.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs