"up to here" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-up to here.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=up to here}} up to here, {{en-PP|head=up to here}} up to here
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up to, here. Synonyms: Variously up to one's eyeballs, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, up to one's neck Derived forms: have had it up to here
    Sense id: en-up_to_here-en-prep_phrase-~ewNfCyq
  2. (idiomatic) Overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped. Tags: idiomatic Translations (overwhelmed, swamped): kaulaa myöten (Finnish), jusqu’au cou (French), por aqui (Portuguese), până în gât (Romanian), hasta el gorro (Spanish), hasta el culo (Spanish), boğazına kadar (Turkish), gırtlağına kadar (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-up_to_here-en-prep_phrase-hXpEjUyT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 63 5 Disambiguation of 'overwhelmed, swamped': 5 92 3
  3. Used as an intensifier.
    Sense id: en-up_to_here-en-prep_phrase-MyGozmhg

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      "sense": "overwhelmed, swamped",
      "word": "kaulaa myöten"
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      "sense": "overwhelmed, swamped",
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