Phrase guide
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Immersed or entangled in details or complexities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Overwhelmed with diners' orders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: restaurant slang; bartender; restaurant slang; bartender
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: in over one's head
Antonyms: none provided
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, weeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Green's suggests an image or expression from golfing of US origin, from the difficulty of playing when the golf ball gets stuck in the weeds.
