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ankle-deep

ankle-deep adjective: up to one's ankles in something.

Adjective

ankle-deep (not comparable)

  1. Up to one's ankles in something.
    • She went to the Common to walk Max, but soon found herself ankle-deep in mud.
    • The floor is littered ankle-deep with half-sewn garments.1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Sweaters of Jewtown”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 125

Questions about ankle-deep

What does ankle-deep mean?
Ankle-deep means up to one's ankles in something.
What part of speech is ankle-deep?
Ankle-deep is an adjective.

Words near ankle-deep in the dictionary

  1. ankle socks
  2. ankle-biter
  3. ankle-biters
  4. ankle-bone
  5. ankle-bones
  6. ankle-deep
  7. ankle-high
  8. ankle-highs
  9. anklebiter
  10. anklebiters
  11. anklebone

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