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What does "by fire" here refer to?

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Rebecca

"By fire" cannot be separated from "baptism" in this context. The full phrase is "baptism by fire," which means to have a difficult first experience or to learn something the hard way. Ex. The nurse was put through a baptism by fire on her first day of work due to the huge number of emergency patients.

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