snow

/snəʊ/ verb

Definition

be snowed under › to have more work than you can deal with: be snowed under with/by sth We have been snowed under with phone calls all day. One of her major concerns is to ensure that her boss never gets snowed under.

(Definition of snow verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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