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Take the Plunge

What it means

Finally commit to something risky you have been circling for a while.

Where it comes from

The plunge is into cold water, and the logic is that hesitating on the edge only makes it worse. By the late 1800s the phrase had attached itself especially to getting married.

The puzzle it came from

Take the Plunge was the answer to the Phrasicle of November 5, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Take the Plunge

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