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Idiom

fresh out of

Meaning

Of someone who has recently left one stage of life to begin another.

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

Examples

“He is fresh out of school and looking for work.”

“She is fresh out of university, so she is still learning how the office works.”

“Fresh out of the academy, the young officer felt both nervous and excited to begin his first patrol in the city.”

Examples

simple

“He is fresh out of school and looking for work.”

contextual

“She is fresh out of university, so she is still learning how the office works.”

complex

“Fresh out of the academy, the young officer felt both nervous and excited to begin his first patrol in the city.”

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