deep end
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You’re a newcomer to this fictional world being thrown into the deep end.
From Los Angeles Times
In contrast, Zverev is an experienced campaigner at the deep end of Grand Slams, but has famously never captured one of the four biggest tournaments.
From Barron's
Even if you are nervous, it can be a kind of exposure therapy, he says, going in at the deep end socially.
From BBC
Ebnotualib may well be thrown in at the deep end on Friday, with Frankfurt currently short on frontline options.
From BBC
“She was the kind of person who would read a book about swimming then just jump in the deep end.”
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