deep end

1. see go off the deep end.

Example Sentences

University of Brighton graduate Grace Warren said she felt like she was "thrown into the deep end" after finishing her course this year and left without much advice on internships and the industry.

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“It was my first time away from home with veritably just a meagre bindle on my back. I was way out of my comfort zone and flung into the deep end on the other side of the pond. I floundered but eventually found my water legs and learned to love dear ol’ Blighty.”

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“I guess it’s fair to say I’m just going to throw him in on the deep end,” Roberts said of how he will use Sasaki going forward, noting there aren’t many “low-leverage” opportunities in an end-of-season division race.

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“He said, ‘You did the right thing’ in protecting your children, explaining that when a substance abuser falls off the deep end, the endgame is sad and ugly.

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But throughout the 2025 Emmys telecast, the nice guy comic flailed in the deep end of a flop sweat pool.

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