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ankle-deep
adjective
uk /ˌæŋ.kəlˈdiːp/ us /ˌæŋ.kəlˈdiːp/
If a substance is ankle-deep, or if you are ankle-deep in it, it reaches up to your ankles:
The water's only ankle-deep, so we'll be able to get across the river easily.
ankle-deep inIt was a very wet field and we were soon ankle-deep in mud.
The pipe had burst and in the kitchen the water was ankle-deep.
The men on the construction site work ankle-deep in sludge at times.
I stood on the beach, ankle-deep in seaweed.
The upper slopes of the mountain were covered in ankle-deep powdery snow.
Volcanic ash was lying ankle-deep on the roads in some places, making travelling by car extremely difficult.
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