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dip one's toe in the water

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
dip one's -toe in the wa-ter
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of test the waters.

Inflected Forms

dips one's toe in the water (present, singular) dipping one's toe in the water (participle, present) dipped one's toe in the water (participle, past) dipped one's toe in the water (past)

Phrases

get one's feet wet

Frequently Paired Words

get one's feet wet

Synonyms

test the waters

Questions

What does dip one's toe in the water mean?
Synonym of test the waters.

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