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dive (into)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dive (into)

to start work on energetically

the first morning back at work was spent diving into the huge pile of e-mails that had accumulated over the previous two weeks

Synonyms of dive (into)

attack, tackle, wade (in or into)

Words Related to dive (into)

address, approach, face

buckle (down to), concentrate (on), focus (on), knuckle down (to), zero (in on)

fall (to), pitch in, plunge (in), settle (down)

pursue, take up, undertake

Phrases Synonymous with dive (into)

go at, have at, light into, pitch into, sail into, tear into

Near Antonyms of dive (into)

avoid, evade, shun

dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool, idle, lag, mess, monkey (around), play, poke, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

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