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Meanings of plunge headlong in English

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Usage of plunge headlong in English
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Surviving without reinforcements is tough as you plunge headlong into the action.
The Irish Times
2
First learn the depth of the abyss before you plunge headlong into it.
The Robbers
3
Should he dive into a Tube station and plunge headlong down the steps?
The Yellow Streak
4
To undress and plunge headlong into the dark sapphire water was a rapturous thing.
The Shuttle
5
Barkswell as he saw his enemy plunge headlong into the gulf of boiling waters.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
6
And he stood and did not plunge headlong into space.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
7
Was it already too late to sidestep, or should Davi plunge headlong into its maw?
Frontier fury
8
We would recommend no person to plunge headlong into an absorbing passion for any accomplishment.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
9
Then came that awful, blood-curdling scream again, and the shadow's owner seemed to plunge headlong forward.
The Paternoster Ruby
10
But it was better to do this than to plunge headlong into the unknown fate awaiting me.
The House of the Whispering Pines
11
But then, to live is to stumble, and to stumble is to plunge headlong and ever forward.
Forge of Darkness
12
He was just in time to see the engineer plunge headlong into the boiling waters of the creek!
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
13
After a long draft I bathed my face, resisting the urge to plunge headlong into the shallow basin.
The Water Witch
14
This patient audience made me plunge headlong into the ocean of flattering ideas that presented themselves to my imagination.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
15
There was nothing for it but to plunge headlong into their web in a desperate effort to break through.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
16
So blindly did he rush ahead that the pastor expected to see him plunge headlong into the icy waves.
Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnig...
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