"waist-deep" meaning in English

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          "word": "waist-deep in the Big Muddy"
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          "text": "Near-synonym: waist-high"
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          "ref": "1982, Champ Clark, “The Yangtze: China's Second Killer River”, in Flood (Planet Earth), Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49, column 2:",
          "text": "When the river broke through defenses near the city of Wuhan in Hopeh^([sic – meaning Hupeh]) Province, Peking Radio reported that 10,000 peasants with straw mats on their backs stood waist-deep in the water to form a human dike until their places could be filled with sandbags.",
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        "As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person)."
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        "(of water etc) As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person)."
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        "(of water etc) As deep as would reach to the waist (of a standing person)."
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