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up to one's elbows

up to one's elbows prepositional phrase: completely engrossed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Completely engrossed.

Synonyms of up to one's elbows

Forms of up to one's elbows

alternative formup to the elbows

Questions about up to one's elbows

What does up to one's elbows mean?
Up to one's elbows means completely engrossed.
What part of speech is up to one's elbows?
Up to one's elbows is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up to one's elbows in the dictionary

  1. up to no good
  2. up to now
  3. up to one's ass in alligators
  4. up to one's chin
  5. up to one's ears
  6. up to one's elbows
  7. up to one's eyeballs
  8. up to one's eyebrows
  9. up to one's eyes
  10. up to one's neck
  11. up to one's neck in alligators

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