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UP TO OUR NECKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does up to our necks mean? 

UP TO OUR NECKS (adjective)
  The adjective UP TO OUR NECKS has 1 sense:

1. deeply involvedplay

  Familiarity information: UP TO OUR NECKS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UP TO OUR NECKS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deeply involved

Synonyms:

neck-deep; up to her neck; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to our necks; up to their necks; up to your neck

Context example:

up to their necks in debt

Similar:

involved (connected by participation or association or use)


 Context examples 


And here we are, up to our necks in the tureen.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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