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baptism by/of fire
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a baptism by/of fire
a very difficult first experience of something. I was given a million-dollar project to manage in my first month. It was a real baptism by fire.
See also: fire

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Having literally gone through a baptism of fire, "bringing the best before God" became Ms.
At the age of 16, Mikhail Pavlovich (the fourth son of Emperor Paul I) went through the baptism of fire, so to say, for taking part in the military operations against Napoleon I.
Around dawn, having closed his eyes for half an hour--his only rest in 24 hours--the former vice president, now the country's leader, faced a baptism of fire.
 
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