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dip one's toe in the water

dip one's toe in the water verb: synonym of test the waters.

Verb

dip one's toe in the water (third-person singular simple present dips one's toe in the water, present participle dipping one's toe in the water, simple past and past participle dipped one's toe in the water)

  1. Synonym of test the waters.
    Synonyms:
    test the waters

Synonyms of dip one's toe in the water

Forms of dip one's toe in the water

third-person singular presentdips one's toe in the water
present participledipping one's toe in the water
past participledipped one's toe in the water
pastdipped one's toe in the water

Questions about dip one's toe in the water

What does dip one's toe in the water mean?
Dip one's toe in the water means synonym of test the waters.
What part of speech is dip one's toe in the water?
Dip one's toe in the water is a verb.
What is the past tense of dip one's toe in the water?
The past tense of dip one's toe in the water is dipped one's toe in the water.

Words near dip one's toe in the water in the dictionary

  1. dip of the horizon
  2. dip of the needle
  3. dip one's finger in
  4. dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
  5. dip one's toe in
  6. dip one's toe in the water
  7. dip one's wick
  8. dip out
  9. dip pen
  10. dip pens
  11. dip sector

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