dip into (one's) savings
dip into (one's) savings
To take money from one's savings account in small amounts. When my car broke down, I had to dip into my savings to pay for all of the repairs.
See also: dip, saving
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
dip into one's savings
Fig. to take out part of the money one has been saving. (See also dip in(to something).) I had to dip into my savings in order to pay for my vacation. I went to the bank and dipped into savings. There wasn't much left.
See also: dip, saving
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- dip into savings
- little and often fills the purse
- just wondering
- (I am/was) just wondering.
- (I am/was) only wondering.
- pay (for something) through (something)
- pay through
- penny saved is a penny earned
- penny saved is a penny earned, a
- a penny saved is a penny earned