dip intosomething
phrasal verbwithdipverbuk/dɪp/us/dɪp/-pp-
(BOOK)
UK
toreadsmallpartsof abookormagazine:
It's thekindofbookyou can justdipinto.
Reading
- cross-refer
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- dyslexic
- flick throughsomething
- flip
- leaf
- misread
- narrate
- nose
- putsomething/someonedown
- readsomeone'slipsidiom
- readsomethingout
- readsomethingover/through
- read-through
- reader
- reading knowledge
- riffle
- scan
- semiotics
(MONEY)
tospendpartof asupplyofmoneythat you have beenkeepingorsaving:
I had todipinto mysavingstopayfor therepairs.
to spend money
- spendHow much do you intend to spend on a house?
- payWhen you bought the tickets, how much did you pay?
- investShe's invested all her savings in the business.
- pay outI've just paid out £700 to get the car fixed.
- splurgeWe've just splurged on new kitchen appliances.
- blowWe won a £15 million settlement in court and we blew it all in six years.
Withdrawing money
- atm
- automated teller machine
- automatic teller machine
- cash dispenser
- cash machine
- cashpoint
- clear
- clearance
- debit
- draw
- drawsomethingdown
- drawdown
- drawn
- hole in the wall
- lay
- laysomethingout
- overdrawn
- takesomethingout
- withdraw
- withdrawal