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knee-deep

DEFINITIONS OF: knee-deep

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adj coming only to the ankle or knee

Synonyms:
ankle-deep
shallow
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center

adv up to the knees

“we were standing knee-deep in the water”
Synonyms:
knee-high
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