deep end
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeepandend
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deep
adjective
uk/diːp/us/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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end
noun
uk/end/us/end/
the part of a place or thing that is furthest away from ...
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(Definition ofdeepandendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This new collection of papers begins and ends in thedeependof philosophy of mind.
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A young girl swimmer was pulled unconscious from 12 ft. of water at thedeependof a public pool.
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One cannot jump into this off thedeepend.
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I will jump straight in at thedeepend.
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She was pitched in at thedeepend.
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Instead, they went straight in at thedeepend.
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He was thrown in very much at thedeepend.
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So she was "dropped in at thedeepend".
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Now, we just begin to get a little feeling that the new generation of economists feel that floating models don't fit and policy went off thedeepend.
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He does not "dive off thedeepend" against people who cannot hit back.
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It can be a horrible and frightening experience to be thrown in at thedeepend.
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At that age they are very young to be thrown into thedeependof life.
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He usually "dives off thedeepend" on great public issues.
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I promise not to leave her languishing in thedeepend.
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I believe that it is called "jumping in at thedeepend".
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You take a quite unpredictable dive into thedeependand hope for the best.
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He does not need to "go off thedeepend" about it.
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They are being dropped in at thedeependon a new subject.
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It was a new subject for her; she was plunged into thedeepend.
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I am bound to say that he seems to have come in rather at thedeepend.
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I am quite certain that he was expecting me to "go off thedeepend"on the subject.
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In my experience, the corps contained many inexperienced lawyers who were chucked in at thedeepend.
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Everyone knows that every now and again there is something about which he "dives off thedeepend".
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At the very least it is unkind to throw them in at thedeependin this manner.
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