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waist-deep

[weyst-deep]

adjective

  1. being at or rising to the level of the waist.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of waist-deep1

First recorded in 1755–65
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South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said a crew helped an elderly woman to safety with waist-deep water in ground-floor properties.

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Videos shows cars and houses submerged, and people wading through waist-deep water.

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In the last two decades, he has been robbed on public transit, waded through the street in waist-deep floods and spent endless hours stuck in traffic.

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D. Christy wades through waist-deep water, now turned a murky brown by corroded metal from the pillars, and pushes his body through a narrow passage in the rock.

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They landed in waist-deep water and tried to maneuver up their street, which had been transformed into a fast-moving river.

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