From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishknee-deepˌknee-ˈdeep adjective 1 DEEPdeep enough to reach your kneesknee-deep in knee-deep in mud knee-deep in snow2 [not before noun] informalGET having a lot of somethingknee-deep in knee-deep in work
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knee-deep in• knee-deep in water 