dip into

present singular third person dips into · participle present dipping into · participle past dipped into · past dipped into

1. transitiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: dip into.

   Dip the teabag into the cup.

2. idiomatictransitiveTo spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings).

   If people in the community wish HCHS to survive, then it's time they dip into the old checkbook and demonstrated their commitment.

   1976 August 28, John C. Lawrence, “H.C.H.S Support”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 5

3. idiomatictransitiveTo read, examine or engage in (something) in a cursory or casual manner.

   Dip into a nice book.

   2 more examples

   “The Midnight Gospel,” which debuted on Netflix last year, is a show that I dipped into slowly, like a pint of oddly flavored artisanal ice cream: It was tasty yet confounding, more idiosyncratic than my usual preferred flavors, suitable for consumption only when I was in a very specific mood.

   2021 May 7, Maya Phillips, “For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality”, in The New York Times

   Surveying the breadth of Auerbach’s practice and the diverse bodies of knowledge they dip into, I began to think of the artist as a sort of antenna, picking up invisible signals from across time and space (this impression was likely bolstered by the way they wear their eyeliner: antenna-like, drawn an inch or so past each outer canthus).

   2023 March 16, Julia Felsenthal, “An Artist Whose Work Might (Possibly) Have Its Own Free Will”, in The New York Times Style Magazine