throw sb in at the deep end
Definition
› to make someone start a new and difficult job or activity without helping them or preparing them for it → See also dead end → See also light at the end of the tunnel → See also odds and ends → See also the tail end of sth → See also the West End → See also be at your wits' end
(Definition of throw sb in at the deep end from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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