sink one's teeth into

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sink one's teeth into (third-person singular simple present sinks one's teeth into, present participle sinking one's teeth into, simple past sank one's teeth into, past participle sunk one's teeth into)

  1. To bite; to bite into.
  2. (colloquial, figurative, by extension) To become enthusiastically involved in.
    He can't wait to sink his teeth into the new project.
    • 2012, Gavin McInnes, The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:
      He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off. “Don't you want to really sink your teeth into something?” I asked.