to take the plunge

With all the background work out of the way, I think you're ready to take the plunge and develop your own custom JSF components.

With a few days before the deadline they decided to take the plunge and apply.

Can you imagine how much courage you'd need to take the plunge to momma?

All these Antarctic babies growing up on the ice must be ready to take the plunge by the end of the summer.

The fact that the price of her apartment had dropped by nearly 15% from the peak helped convince her to take the plunge.

Eugenie Clark was one of the first researchers to take the plunge with whale sharks.

If you're ready to take the plunge (or dive down deeper), consider focusing on these paths to simplicity.

Shortly after I decided to take the plunge I decided to meet with one of the producers.

What will it take for you to take the plunge on a second-generation Apple tablet?

I saw a poster that advertised a cheap bike hire scheme and I spontaneously decided to take the plunge.

Ready to take the plunge and go short for the summer?

After going out together for two years, they decided to take the plunge and get married.

This Ocelot is not prepared to take the plunge, a deterrence that wouldn't matter to the fishing cat.

The economies of the developed nations are vast, and still offer limitless opportunities to those bold enough to take the plunge.

Indeed, most of his peers expected that Mr Rubenstein would have been the first to take the plunge.

He was encouraged to take the plunge by the fact that he had by now recruited some talented employees to Star.

e. g. Bob and Susan have avoided marriage for several years not but finally they've decided to take the plunge.

After doing some online research and talking with people who'd been there, they decided to take the plunge.

You've decided to take the plunge and seek an SBA-backed loan to start your own small business.

If Asia fails to take the plunge, it will have to live structurally with much higher rates of inflation than it is accustomed to.

I decided to take the plunge, but waited another fortnight before I mailed the letter.

Beijing has also cut mortgage rates and transaction taxes to encourage owner-occupiers to take the plunge into the market.

Once he decided to take the plunge, he threw caution to the winds.

They finally decided to take the plunge and get married .

But without infrastructure to refine jatropha oil, farmers are unwilling to take the plunge and begin growing the trees.

They have finally decided to take the plunge and get married.

After confirming his grandfather still wanted to take the plunge, he purchased two tickets.

There is more scope for cross-party collaboration, if both sides are big enough to take the plunge.

What a pity, then, that many small firms are reluctant to take the plunge into the social-networking world.

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They let you go to the water's edge, wade in up to your ankles, and see if you really want to take the plunge.

Only when the final bell sounded did she find the nerve to take the plunge.

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