plunge – Deutsch-English Translations in WikDict

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plunge verb /plʌnd͡ʒ/
(intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself	eintauchen, stürzen, tauchen, abstürzen, abtauchen, herabfallen
to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse	eintauchen, tauchen, senken, untertauchen, versenken
(figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action	stürzen, stecken, stoßen, treiben
(figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition	eintauchen, fallen, hineinstürzen, stürzen
(intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does	voranstürzen, vorwärtsstürzen

plunge noun /plʌnd͡ʒ/
The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge	Tauchen, Eintauchen, Fall, Herabfallen, Herabstürzen, Hineinfallen

take the plunge: einen Schritt tun, einen Schritt wagen, einen Sprung wagen, es riskieren, es wagen, etwas riskieren
headlong plunge: Kopfsprung
plunge sb in at the deep end: jemanden ins kalte Wasser werfen
plunge pool: Gumpe

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