new kid in town

new kid in town (plural new kids in town)

1. (informal, idiomatic, usually definite) Synonym of new kid on the block.
   • 2024 October 2, Andy Comfort, “How Hull Trains opened the door...”, in RAIL, number 1019, page 49:

     As the new kid in town, Renaissance had to almost muscle in to gain paths on a busy East Coast Main Line - but muscle in it did.