plunge into

phrasal verb

plunged into; plunging into; plunges into

1

: to push (something) into (something) quickly and forcefully

He plunged the knife into the cake.

I plunged the sponge into the bucket of water.

2

: to start doing (something) with enthusiasm and energy

She plunged (right) into the assignment.

3

: to suddenly begin to be in (a particular and usually bad condition or situation)

He plunged into a severe depression.

4

: to cause (someone or something) to suddenly be in (a particular condition or situation)

A series of bad management decisions had plunged the company into debt.

The author plunges his readers into a world of fantasy.

Examples of plunge into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Push it not quite hard enough and the satellite, now tugged downward by those same forces, would, with God’s grace, plunge into the ocean rather than into downtown Chicago. —Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024

Companies that plunged into the AI market for fear of missing out on useful new applications for their businesses have discovered that usefulness is elusive. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024

Another pressing task will be to declare free and fair elections – the lack of which is one reason Bangladesh was plunged into protests in the first place. —Jessie Yeung, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024

Surrounded by towering peaks that plunge into the clear blue fjords, Reine offers a picture-perfect scene with its red and white fishermen’s cabins, known as rorbuer, dotting the shoreline. —David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024