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sink or swim
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(Definition of sink or swim from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- balancing act noun
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up phrasal verb
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- buckle verb (BE DEFEATED)
- fare verb
- get on top of you idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen idiom
- juggle verb (MANAGE)
- keep body and soul together idiom
- make ends meet idiom
- manage verb (SUCCEED)
- meltdown noun (FAILURE)
- muddle through phrasal verb
- pull (sb) through (sth) phrasal verb
- ride (out) the storm idiom
- rise above sth phrasal verb
- roll with the punches idiom
- scrape verb (SUCCEED)
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