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Idiom

soaking wet

Meaning

Extremely wet.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I forgot my umbrella and got soaking wet.”

“The storm was so strong that we were soaking wet by the time we reached the house.”

“After trekking through the torrential downpour for hours, the hikers arrived at the cabin completely soaking wet and shivering from the cold.”

Examples

simple

“I forgot my umbrella and got soaking wet.”

contextual

“The storm was so strong that we were soaking wet by the time we reached the house.”

complex

“After trekking through the torrential downpour for hours, the hikers arrived at the cabin completely soaking wet and shivering from the cold.”

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