plunge(someone/something)intosomething
phrasal verbwithplungeverbuk/plʌndʒ/us/plʌndʒ/
tosuddenlyexperienceabadsituationorunhappiness, or to make someone or somethingsuddenlyexperienceabadsituationorunhappiness:
Thecountrywasplungedintorecession.
He wasplungedintodespairwhen hiswifelefthim.
Experiencing and suffering
- (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be a victim ofyourown successidiom
- bear
- count
- get the short end of the stickidiom
- get/haveyourfingers burnedidiom
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- horse
- ride
- seat-of-the-pants
- see lifeidiom
- stricken
- survive
- taste
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Causing difficulties for oneself or others