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  1. out of one's depth: Merriam-Webster
  2. out of one's depth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. out of one's depth, out of one's depth: Collins English Dictionary
  4. out of one's depth: Wiktionary
  5. out of one's depth, out of ones depth: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (out of one's depth)

adjective:  (literally) In water so deep that one cannot stand and may be at risk of drowning.
adjective:  (figuratively, idiomatic) In a situation which one is poorly prepared or unprepared to handle.


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