# throw in at the deep end

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To introduce (someone) to a new situation without adequate preparation.

## Etymology
From allusion to an actual swimming pool with a shallow end and deep end. In the shallow end, a person can stand on the bottom. In the deep end, the water is too deep to do this, so a person must be able to swim or at least tread water or drown.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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