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/ˌniːˈhaɪ/ · adjective
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees..
Near-synonym: knee-deep
knee-high by the Fourth of July
The corn is knee-high.
John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high.
Use knee-high when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Knee-high means Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees..
Common synonyms include knee-deep, pop sock.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: knee-deep
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