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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a dive for the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is making a sudden or reckless attempt to obtain something, often with a sense of urgency or desperation.
Example: "He took a dive for the ball, hoping to catch it before it hit the ground."
Alternatives: "a leap for the" or "a plunge for the".
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Stair Hole, Lulworth Cove, Dorset Not a dive for the inexperienced.
"I hid behind the car and made my way around to the basement door and made a dive for the door," she said breathlessly.
It would be his first game since he broke a rib on a dive for the goal line Sept. 20 at San Francisco.
The office was closed when he got there, finally a girl fluttered out of a nearby room & he made a dive for the lawyer's office.
Every day he catches a ball in a crowd or lays his body on the line in a dive for the ball.
(Universal, Blu-ray/DVD combo $34.98, DVD $29.98, also available via Movie on Demand, R) SAFE A mixed martial artist (Jason Statham) declines to take a dive for the Russian mob and finds his wife murdered for his principles.
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Divers may score zero on a dive for double-bouncing on the end of the board, performing a dive other than the one they declared or if they go beyond the allotted time they have to dive.
The gentleman made a dive for it, so did the hurdy-gurdy man.
And often, when a relationship looks like it is taking a deep dive for the worst, that moment transforms into yet another, in which connection, growth and closeness take a new and solidified shape.
Fourth place laggard NBC performed still worse, with another weak night for the two-hour opener of one-time hit Heroes followed by an expected dive for The Jay Leno Show.
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