neckdeep

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   reaching, submerged, or covered up to the neck

   They waded neckdeep through the flooded field.

2. 2
   adj

   figurative: deeply involved in or overwhelmed by something

   The company was neckdeep in debt before the rescue plan began.

3. 3
   adv

   to a depth reaching the neck

   He stood neckdeep in the cold river.

A compound of neck + deep. The literal measure describes immersion reaching the neck; figurative use extends physical depth to heavy involvement in trouble, work, debt, or another condition.

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