Usually means: Submerged up to the ankles.
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  1. ankle-deep: Merriam-Webster
  2. ankle-deep, ankle-deep: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ankle-deep: Vocabulary.com
  4. ankle-deep: Wordnik
  5. ankle-deep: Wiktionary
  6. ankle-deep: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. ankle-deep: Dictionary.com
  8. ankle-deep: Rhymezone
  9. ankle-deep: FreeDictionary.org
  10. ankle-deep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. ankle-deep: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. ankle-deep: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ankle-deep)

▸ adjective:  Up to one's ankles in something.

Similar:
shallow, knee-deep, elbow-deep, balls-deep, out of one's depth, bone-deep, in too deep, deep, waist-deep in the Big Muddy, overdeep, more...

Opposite:
knee-deep, waist-deep, shoulder-deep

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Similar:
shallow, knee-deep, elbow-deep, balls-deep, out of one's depth, bone-deep, in too deep, deep, waist-deep in the Big Muddy, overdeep, more...

Opposite:
knee-deep, waist-deep, shoulder-deep



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