new kid on the block

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Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Someone or something new to an existing community.Synonym:new kid in town1996August 19, Louis Herrink, “Chaos Ruled Convention Logistics, Delegate Finds”, inThe Free Lance-Star‎[1], Fredericksburg, Virginia, page A4:While the Reform Party is thenew kid on the block, its members who attended its first national convention this weekend acted like delegates to any other political convention.2012March 9, Seth Schiesel, “The Adventure Ends, So Take a Good Look”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon10 March 2012, Video Game Review‎[3]:In the first game, humanity was thenew kid on thegalacticblock, struggling for respect as a freshly spacefaring species. As Commander Shepard, you discovered that not only humanity but also all intelligent life was under threat from an insecto-mechanical enemy called the Reapers.

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