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knee-deep definition

knee·-deep (-dēp′)

adjective

  1. sunk to the knees standing knee-deep in water
  2. so deep as to reach to the knees knee-deep mud
  3. very much involved or concerned

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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