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up to one's elbows ininformal 1With one’s hands plunged in (something): I was up to my elbows in the cheese-potato mixture...- We find the Dr. Hawking at work in the apartment's living room, wearing his lab coat and up to his elbows in what used to the apartment's fridge, now lying on its back and being converted into a homeostochastic chamber.
- But for now, while you are up to your elbows in sandpits and play dough, the world around you is overwhelmingly female.
- Want to be up to your elbows in grease with some hunky blokes?
1.1Deeply involved in (a task or activity): we’re going to get up to our elbows in the selection process...- It's been a truly enjoyable break, working away like a team again, even if most of our time was spent up to our elbows in junk.
- Yesterday I spent slaving away up to my elbows in a hot Unix shell.
- Once again, I'll be up to my elbows in it tomorrow, so I won't be able to prepare a fresh Scary Story.
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