dip into sth
— phrasal verb with dip uk/dɪp/us/dɪp/verb -pp-
(BOOK)
UK to read small parts of a book or magazine:
It's the kind of book you can just dip into.
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Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- read sth over/through
- readable
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- semiotics
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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(MONEY)
to spend part of a supply of money that you have been keeping or saving:
I had to dip into my savings to pay for the repairs.
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Withdrawing money
- atm
- automatic teller machine
- cash dispenser
- cash machine
- cashback
- cashpoint
- clear
- debit
- dip
- draw
- drawdown
- hole in the wall
- lay
- lay sth out
- overdrawn
- take
- take sth out
- withdraw
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