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Idiom

comfort zone

Meaning

The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I need to step out of my comfort zone more often.”

“She felt nervous about the new job, but she knew she had to leave her comfort zone to grow.”

“By deliberately venturing beyond his comfort zone to master a foreign language, he discovered a newfound confidence that transformed his professional life.”

Examples

simple

“I need to step out of my comfort zone more often.”

contextual

“She felt nervous about the new job, but she knew she had to leave her comfort zone to grow.”

complex

“By deliberately venturing beyond his comfort zone to master a foreign language, he discovered a newfound confidence that transformed his professional life.”

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