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   up to her neck
         adj 1: deeply involved; "neck-deep in work"; "up to their necks
                  in debt" [syn: {neck-deep}, {up to my neck}, {up to your
                  neck}, {up to her neck}, {up to his neck}, {up to our
                  necks}, {up to their necks}]

English Dictionary: up to your neck by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
up to our necks
adj
  1. deeply involved; "neck-deep in work"; "up to their necks in debt"
    Synonym(s): neck-deep, up to my neck, up to your neck, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to our necks, up to their necks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
up to your neck
adj
  1. deeply involved; "neck-deep in work"; "up to their necks in debt"
    Synonym(s): neck-deep, up to my neck, up to your neck, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to our necks, up to their necks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
updraft
n
  1. a strong upward air current
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upthrow
n
  1. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    Synonym(s): upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upthrust
n
  1. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    Synonym(s): upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upturn
n
  1. an upward movement or trend as in business activity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
upturned
adj
  1. having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"
    Synonym(s): overturned, upset, upturned
  2. (used of noses) turned up at the end; "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose"
    Synonym(s): retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Updraw \Up*draw"\, v. t.
      To draw up. [R.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uptear \Up*tear"\, v. t.
      To tear up. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upthrow \Up*throw"\, v. t.
      To throw up. --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upthrow \Up"throw`\, n. (Mining)
      See {Throw}, n., 9.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uptrace \Up*trace"\, v. t.
      To trace up or out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uptrain \Up*train"\, v. t.
      To train up; to educate. [Obs.] [bd]Daughters which were well
      uptrained.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Up-train \Up"-train`\
      1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the
            main terminus. [Eng.]
  
      2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
            [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Uptrain \Up*train"\, v. t.
      To train up; to educate. [Obs.] [bd]Daughters which were well
      uptrained.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Up-train \Up"-train`\
      1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the
            main terminus. [Eng.]
  
      2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
            [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Upturn \Up*turn"\, v. t.
      To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the
      ground in plowing. [bd]A sea of upturned faces.[b8] --D.
      Webster.
  
               So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril
               wide into the murky air.                        --Milton.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   upthread adv.   Earlier in the discussion (see {thread}), i.e.,
   `above'.   "As Joe pointed out upthread, ..." See also {followup}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   upthread
  
      Earlier in the discussion (see {thread}), i.e. "above".   See
      also {followup}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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