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Phrase(s): immerse someone or something in something
1. Lit. to submerge someone or something beneath the surface of a liquid; to soak someone or something in a liquid. • The preacher immersed the baptism candidate in the water. • We immersed all the dirty plates in the soapy water and left them to soak. • She immersed herself in the bathwater. 2. Fig. to saturate or steep someone or a group in information or some type of instruction. • The trainers immersed us in details day after day. • The teachers will immerse the entire class in nothing but the Spanish language, day after day.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs