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dip into

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dip into something
to use a small amount of something. The local government voted to dip into the emergency fund to pay for repairing the old town hall.
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Work being slack at present at Devil's Ford, I reck'ned I'd take a pasear down to 'Frisco, and dip into the vortex o' fash'nable society and out again.
At first she thought it was some trespasser, but a second look showed her that it was her uncle returning from an early dip into the sea.
A mile or so out upon the moor the road takes a very sudden dip into a hollow, with a peat-colored stream running swiftly down the centre of it.
 
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