sink or swim
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idiomIdiomTo fail or succeed by one's own efforts, without help from anyone else.
The company doesn't offer much training; it's sink or swim for new employees.
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Marine's New Vehicle Designed to Defeat China
- For the Marines, it's sink or swim, and sink is not an option.
For the Marines, it's sink or swim, and sink is not an option.
- For the Marines, it's sink or swim, and sink is not an option.
For the Marines, it's sink or swim, and sink is not an option.
Learning English in the Sunshine State: Academics and Community at Florida State With Angel Rios
- And so it's sort of like that sink or swim approach where you've got some actual English instruction,
And so it's sort of like that sink or swim approach where you've got some actual English instruction,
- And so it's sort of like that sink or swim approach where you've got some actual English instruction, but
And so it's sort of like that sink or swim approach where you've got some actual English instruction, but
Kevin Systrom: From Stanford to Startup [Entire Talk]
![Kevin Systrom: From Stanford to Startup [Entire Talk]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N-C0wApn1vI/hqdefault.jpg)
- 'Sink or Swim School of Engineering'.
'Sink or Swim School of Engineering'.
- prove whether or not this thing's going to sink or swim?
prove whether or not this thing's going to sink or swim?
Edmond Lau: "The Effective Engineer" | Talks at Google
- Um, and when I talked to my CTO about how intense this felt, you know, his response was, you know, sink or swim.
Um, and when I talked to my CTO about how intense this felt, you know, his response was, you know, sink or swim.
- about how intense this felt, his response was sink or swim.
about how intense this felt, his response was sink or swim.
Justin Bieber - Somebody To Love Remix ft. Usher Subtitulado Legendado
- It's time to sink or swim, watch 'em play for ya.
It's time to sink or swim, watch 'em play for ya.
Washington's Reflecting Pool hit by algae bloom & peeling paint | DW News
- Um, does Swimming Pool Steve think that that plan will sink or swim now?
Um, does Swimming Pool Steve think that that plan will sink or swim now?
Why the U.S. just indicted a former Cuban President | May 22, 2026
- Underwater chess where only one wrong move is literally sink or swim.
Underwater chess where only one wrong move is literally sink or swim.
Is Gen Z trapped by AI? | BBC News
- And I think because we've started to think of it that way and there are some people who, I think, have an interest in making us think that it's that way, that all we can do is just adapt to it or sink or swim, I think that's quite disempowering.
And I think because we've started to think of it that way and there are some people who, I think, have an interest in making us think that it's that way, that all we can do is just adapt to it or sink or swim, I think that's quite disempowering.
The Official Hard Knocks Podcast: Training Camp with Seattle Seahawks | Episode 5 | HBO Max
- Most of us that make it to the NFL, at some point, we were doubted and counted out and in a tough situation, a sink or swim, and
Most of us that make it to the NFL, at some point, we were doubted and counted out and in a tough situation, a sink or swim, and
What young Mark Zuckerberg was really like
- And then I would give them a really big responsibility and see if they, you know, sink or swim.
And then I would give them a really big responsibility and see if they, you know, sink or swim.