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the new kid on the block

informal

Definition

someone who is new in a place or organization and has many things to learn about it: Realizing I was the new kid on the block in this job, I was determined to prove myself.NewModern and fashionable
(Definition of the new kid on the block from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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