toe in the water

He adds: "The only way to do this is to dip your toe in the water and get involved."

“Even though I had an overall good reception, I just didn’t like the way that it felt. It was a little too dark for me, emotionally. It felt dark, being onstage having an hourlong audition. I dipped my toe in the water and was like, ‘Oop, too cold!’” she said.

Growing public frustration with a Congress causing real suffering in the country could eventually persuade Republicans from districts won or closely contested by Biden to put their toe in the water of a bipartisan speakership for Jeffries, steering toward a negotiated moderate middle.

As Hazen said: "I like to think of this as we've just dipped our toe in the water, and we looked out and there is this ocean of possibilities."

After going through a breakup last year, Connie Li, a software engineer, rejoined the dating apps, ready to dip her toe in the water again.