English Explanatory Dictionary

elbow-deep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Deeply involved in something, or working on something.

Word forms

elbow-deep

Etymology

Compound of elbow + deep.

Synonyms

up to one's elbows knee-deep in the thick of it

Related words

get one's hands dirty roll up one's sleeves hands-on neck-deep waist-deep

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