dive (redirected from dived)

ducking and diving (informal)

if you spend your time ducking and diving, you are involved in many different activities, especially ones which are not honest. 'What do you do for a living?' 'This and that, ducking and diving.'

See also: duck

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dive into something

to start something enthusiastically without first thinking about it. Our mistake was to dive into the work without much preparation.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of dive in (= to go head first into water)