We plunge back to safety?
This is from a "war novel" and is about a "combat scene". I am not familiar with the verb "plunge" and its uses so this sentence does not make sense to me. Would you please explain it?
"We plunge back to safety just as full darkness falls."
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hhtt I am not familiar with the verb "plunge" and its uses so this sentence does not make sense to me. It is a pet word of his. He uses it three times within four paragraphs.
- hhtt I am not familiar with the verb "plunge" and its uses so this sentence does not make sense to me.
- It is a pet word of his.
- He uses it three times within four paragraphs.
- He probably replaced "dive" with "plunge" because "dive" was not dynamic enough for him, and "dive" is all it means.
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hhttI am not familiar with the verb "plunge" and its uses so this sentence does not make sense to me.
It is a pet word of his. He uses it three times within four paragraphs. He probably replaced "dive" with "plunge" because "dive" was not dynamic enough for him, and "dive" is all it means.
0The word is not used with its literal meaning; it is figurative speech. Figurative speech stimulates our imagination.
Here is the word "plunge" + into used in its normal context.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/plunging+into
These birds plunge into the sea to catch
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