the area of the field relatively far from the pitch
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the deep in American English
OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
the sea or ocean
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Examples of 'the deep' in a sentence
the deep
And although we did not venture far off piste, I have certainly been in the deep end as far as powder is concerned.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Synonyms of 'the deep'
the ocean, the sea, the waves, the main
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deep in the past
long ago
go off the deep end
If you say that someone has gone off the deep end , you mean that their mind has stopped working in a normal way and their behaviour has become very strange as a result.
rapture of the deep
→ nitrogen narcosis
in the shit/in deep shit
If someone is in the shit or in deep shit , they are in a lot of trouble .
to go off the deep end
to lose your temper ; react angrily
be thrown in at the deep end
to start by doing the most difficult part of a job or task , before you have tried to do the easier parts, or to start a job or task without any preparation
throw someone in at the deep end
to put someone into a new situation , job , etc, without preparation or introduction
to be thrown in at the deep end
to be put into a situation without preparation or introduction
be between the devil and the deep blue sea
to be in a difficult situation where the two possible courses of action or choices that you can take are equally bad
between the devil and the deep blue sea
If you say that you are between the devil and the deep blue sea , you mean that you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.
in at the deep end to throw someone in at the deep end jump in at the deep end
If you are thrown in at the deep end , you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation . If you jump in at the deep end , you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation.