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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is
penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and
forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a
dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation
into war. |
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To baptize by immersion. |
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To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome. |
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To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid;
to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the
river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt. |
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To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently
forward, as a horse does. |
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To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race,
or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous
speculations. |
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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. |
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Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being
submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties. |
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The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or
violently forward, like an unruly horse. |
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Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous
speculation. |
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