Usually means: Commit decisively to a risk.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. take the plunge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take the plunge: Merriam-Webster
  3. take the plunge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. take the plunge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. take the plunge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. take the plunge: Wiktionary
  7. take the plunge: Dictionary.com
  8. Take The Plunge, Take the Plunge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. take the plunge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take the plunge: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take the plunge: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (take the plunge)

verb:  (idiomatic) To begin any major commitment.
verb:  (idiomatic) To get engaged to be married.

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