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snowed under

snowed under adjective: having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up. Also the simple past and past participle of snow under.

Adjective

snowed under (comparative more snowed under, superlative most snowed under)

  1. (idiomatic) Having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up.
    • We are completely snowed under at work because it is the end of the tax year.
    • GCN's Features Dept is getting snowed under. Spring's coming Help dig us out. Typing, research, editing, filing, lay-out: all sorts of tasks for all sorts of people.1985 April 13, “Help”, in Gay Community News, page 14

Also used as

snowed under is also the simple past and past participle of snow under.

Forms of snowed under

comparativemore snowed under
superlativemost snowed under

Questions about snowed under

What does snowed under mean?
Snowed under means having a lot of things to do, usually work-related; tied up.
What part of speech is snowed under?
Snowed under is an adjective.

Words near snowed under in the dictionary

  1. snowed
  2. snowed down
  3. snowed in
  4. snowed out
  5. snowed over
  6. snowed under
  7. snowed up
  8. snower
  9. snowers
  10. Snowes
  11. snowest

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