"neckdeep" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From neck + deep; for more, see up to here.",
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        "Reaching up to the neck."
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          "word": "elbow-deep"
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        "Submerged up to the neck."
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          "text": "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.",
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        "(figuratively) Very deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something)."
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      "word": "up to one's neck"
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          "word": "elbow-deep"
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