neckdeep
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[edit]neckdeep (not comparable)
- Reaching up to the neck.
- Submerged up to the neck.
- Coordinate terms: elbow-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 241:
- This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.