dive (right) in
idiom
: to start doing something with enthusiasm
They sat down at the dinner table and dove (right) in.
We have a lot of things to discuss, so let's dive right in.
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Active travelers can swim with manta rays, scuba dive in the Great Astrolabe Reef, or participate in hands-on coral restoration.
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Sarah Farag, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
While the sci-fi movie popularized the term sharknado, experts say the phenomenon Algarra swam into during her dive in Japan was an annual congregation of banded houndsharks and stingrays drawn to a single point after decades of environmental and feeding conditioning.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 9 July 2025
Roll up your sleeves and dive in. Details: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Heart of Northside Event Center, 4222 Hamilton Ave., Northside.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
For some, encountering a shark during a dive in the ocean might seem like a worst-case scenario.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
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Sarah Farag, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
While the sci-fi movie popularized the term sharknado, experts say the phenomenon Algarra swam into during her dive in Japan was an annual congregation of banded houndsharks and stingrays drawn to a single point after decades of environmental and feeding conditioning.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 9 July 2025
Roll up your sleeves and dive in. Details: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Heart of Northside Event Center, 4222 Hamilton Ave., Northside.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
For some, encountering a shark during a dive in the ocean might seem like a worst-case scenario.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
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“Dive (right) in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dive%20%28right%29%20in. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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