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/əp tu jɔr nɛk/ Listen

Up to your neck

adjective

Deeply involved. Synonyms: neck-deep, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to my neck, up to our necks, up to their necks. "Up to their necks in debt"

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"Up to your neck" Quotes from Famous Books

... you, who itched to see the bright sword lunged, Still bleating peace like innocent lambs in clover, In all that bloody business you were plunged Up to your neck and ...

— Mr. Punch's History of the Great War • Punch

... the way," said Venn. "There is a quag between us and that light, and you will walk into it up to your neck unless I ...

— The Return of the Native • Thomas Hardy

Words linked to "Up to your neck" : involved