B2idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
take the plunge
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to finally decide to do something important or risky after thinking about it
Often about marriage, moving, changing jobs or starting a business.
In context
After years of talking about it, Nam took the plunge and opened his own café.
If you love the idea of studying abroad, why not take the plunge?
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens