Toe-dip

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dip a toe into something.

    "Thus Clement Stone, though he has toe-dipped and waded and sometimes plunged into many ventures during the course of a busy life, is still inescapably labeled as an insurance man."

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see toe, dip.

    "First she toe-dipped, and squealed, then timidly let herself down the ladder inch by chilly inch."

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"Thus Clement Stone, though he has toe-dipped and waded and sometimes plunged into many ventures during the course of a busy life, is still inescapably labeled as an insurance man."

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