: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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The empty swimming pool in the courtyard had collected a knee-high puddle of swampy rainwater.
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Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
In the first photo, the teen can be seen posing wearing a Kiss concert t-shirt, a jean skirt and knee-high Converse sneakers.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Another image featured Swift sprawled across chairs wearing a sequined corset number with matching knee-high boots and a pair of nude fishnets.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Lipski urged anyone with basement flooding to avoid going downstairs if the water was more than knee-high.
—Ben Steele, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
In the first photo, the teen can be seen posing wearing a Kiss concert t-shirt, a jean skirt and knee-high Converse sneakers.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Another image featured Swift sprawled across chairs wearing a sequined corset number with matching knee-high boots and a pair of nude fishnets.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Lipski urged anyone with basement flooding to avoid going downstairs if the water was more than knee-high.
—Ben Steele, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Knee-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-high. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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