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audio plunge (plnj)

tr. plunged, plung·ing
  1. (to thrust) hundir, meter
  2. (a knife) hundir, clavar
  3. (to cast) hundir, sumir
    the news plunged us into despondency la noticia nos sumió en la desesperación
intr.
  1. (to submerge) sumergirse
  2. (to dive) zambullirse, tirarse de cabeza
  3. (to sink) hundirse
  4. (into a condition) hundirse, sumirse
  5. (into an activity) meterse de cabeza en
  6. (to rush) precipitarse
  7. (to fall) caer
  8. (to dash downward) precipitarse, descender a pico
  9. (to descend) precipitarse hacia abajo, bajar vertiginosamente
  10. familiar (to take a chance) jugarse el todo por el todo

expresión idiomática:
to plunge ahead o forward
precipitarse a
s.
  1. (dive) zambullidura, clavado
  2. (fall) caída
  3. (in prices) baja vertiginosa
  4. (swim) chapuzón m., baño

expresiones idiomáticas:
to take a plunge
bajar vertiginosamente
to take the plunge
dar el paso decisivo
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