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Definition of
knee-deep adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
knee-deep
adjective
adjective
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1
up to your knees
The snow was knee-deep in places.
2
(
figurative
)
I was knee-deep in work.
knee-deep
adverb
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I waded in knee-deep.
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knee-deep
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