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up to one's eyes

up to one's eyes prepositional phrase: synonym of up to one's eyeballs.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of up to one's eyeballs.
    • He wrote that Gillies "even dressed my woulds himself and visited me at night to see if I was comfortable, though he was up to his eyes in work."2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 78

Synonyms of up to one's eyes

Questions about up to one's eyes

What does up to one's eyes mean?
Up to one's eyes means synonym of up to one's eyeballs.
What part of speech is up to one's eyes?
Up to one's eyes is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up to one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. up to one's chin
  2. up to one's ears
  3. up to one's elbows
  4. up to one's eyeballs
  5. up to one's eyebrows
  6. up to one's eyes
  7. up to one's neck
  8. up to one's neck in alligators
  9. up to one's old tricks
  10. up to par
  11. up to scratch

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