to dip into one's savings

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• eat/dip into one's savings —    If you eat or dip into your savings, you spend part of the money you have put aside for future use.     I had to dip into my savings to have the car repaired …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• dip into one's purse — waste one s money, take money out of one s savings …   English contemporary dictionary

• dip — [dip] vt. dipped or occas.Now Rare dipt, dipping [ME dippen < OE dyppan, to immerse < Gmc * dup , to be deep: see DIMPLE] 1. to put into or under liquid for a moment and then quickly take out; immerse 2. to dye in this way 3. to clean… …   English World dictionary

• dip — I n. short swim 1) to have (BE), take a dip semiliquid food 2) a cheese dip II v. (d; intr.) to dip into ( to withdraw from ) (to dip into one s savings) * * * [dɪp] take a dip [ semiliquid food ] a cheese. dip [ short swim ] to have (BE) (d;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• dip — I [[t]dɪp[/t]] v. dipped, dip•ping, n. 1) to plunge temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten, dye, or take up some of the liquid 2) to take up by bailing or ladling: to dip water out of a boat[/ex] 3) to lower and raise: to dip a flag in… …   From formal English to slang

• dip — 1 verb dipped, dipping 1 (T) to put something into a liquid and quickly lift it out again: Dip your finger in the batter and taste it. 2 (I) to go downwards: We watched the sun dip below the horizon. 3 dip your headlights/lights BrE to lower the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• savings — n. 1) to set aside savings 2) to deposit; invest one s savings 3) to withdraw one s savings (from a bank) 4) to dip into; squander one s savings * * * invest one s savings squander one s savings to deposit to dip into to set aside savings to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• dip — [[t]dɪ̱p[/t]] dips, dipping, dipped 1) VERB If you dip something into a liquid, you put it into the liquid for a short time, so that only part of it is covered, and take it out again. [V n into/in n] They dip the food into the sauce... [V n… …   English dictionary

• dip — dip1 [dıp] v past tense and past participle dipped present participle dipping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put something in liquid)¦ 2¦(move down)¦ 3¦(become less)¦ 4¦(road/path)¦ 5 dip your headlights/lights 6¦(animals)¦ Phrasal verbs 　dip into something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• One Commerce Square — Former names National Bank of Commerce Tower General information Architectural style modernism Address 40 South Main Street Town or city Memphis, Tenness …   Wikipedia

• Dip in the Pool — This article refers to Dahl s short story. For the Japanese pop duo see dip in the pool (band). Dip in the Pool is a macabre short story by Roald Dahl that was originally published in the 19 January 1952 edition of The New Yorker. It later… …   Wikipedia