baptism by fire

Noun

Meaning

baptism by fire (plural baptisms by fire)

A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis or ordeal.
The new folks really get put through a baptism by fire, to start doing a stressful job with so little training.

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Examples

I've had a lot of baptism by fire. Donna Murphy

Close letter words and terms

baptism baptism by affusion baptism by aspersion baptism by immersing baptism by immersion baptism by pouring