Deep Dive

Intermediate 💼 Corporate / Business

Definition

An unnecessarily dramatic term for actually reading the document you were supposed to read before the meeting. Suggests scuba gear and ocean exploration when all you're doing is opening a spreadsheet.

Example Usage

"We need to do a deep dive into Q3 numbers," said the VP who had clearly been snorkeling in the shallow end of the data pool all quarter.

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