take the plunge
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Buy a picture frame from a reputable brand, and take the plunge on a video-streaming subscription or two.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
And while the team is exploring domestic manufacturing options, it has yet to take the plunge because it will likely be more expensive.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
He has consistently been linked to Premier League clubs in each transfer window for the past few years, despite only being 22, so the time might have come to take the plunge.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
There are other interested suitors—Sens. Thom Tillis and Chuck Grassley among them—who might take the plunge.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2025
It wasn't like I was going to be the first in my immediate family to take the plunge and become a citizen.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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