What does neckdeep mean?
Neckdeep means Reaching up to the neck..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Reaching up to the neck..
This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.
By the start of the 19th century, Europe was neckdeep in the Napoleonic Wars, which, at various times, amounted to the British Empire against Europe, and, at others, involved Britain subsidising various nations, such as Austria and Prussia, against Napoleon.
Use neckdeep when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Neckdeep means Reaching up to the neck..
Common synonyms include up to one's neck.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.
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