Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Involved in a situation to the extent that one cannot cope or escape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Synonyms: out of one's depth, over one's head, outmatched, outgunned
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fucked
History
By a swimming metaphor.
