Dip A Toe Into Meaning

Example : 1987, Chez Dominique (in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 27, July 1987)  Artists' books seldom dip a toe into literature.2001, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country  Surfers Paradise is just over the border in Queensland, and I was eager to dip a toe into that interesting and erratic state.2006, China Williams, George Dunford, Southeast Asia on a shoestring  Surabaya's crumbling old town is the best place to dip a toe into the city's soul.