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HUBLOT Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Snowed in [British English]

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Do BE speakers use the phrase "snowed in"? Do they use "snowed up" instead?
  

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"Snowed in" is what I hear; I've never heard "snowed up" d

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  • "Snowed in" is what I hear; I've never heard "snowed up" d
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"Snowed in" is what I hear; I've never heard "snowed up" Emotion: smile
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The expression that I'm most familiar with is also "snowed in".
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HUBLOTHello.Do BE speakers use the phrase "snowed in"? Do they use "snowed up" instead?
snowed up {adj.} (also: snowy)

snowed up {adj.} (also: snowbound, snowed in)

source: http://en.bab.la/dictionary/
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you can certainly use "snowed up" for things like machinery being made not to work because of snow -
"the machine was all snowed up and ceased to work"

when you are "snowed in" the "in" means you are stuck "in" (inside) the house because of the snow.

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Thanks a lot for your replies, meteorquake and GPY.

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Actually, yes, now I think of it, you can use snowed up - its meaning feels slightly different to snowed in, but amounts to the same thing practically. I'm not sure how easy it would be to put into words the difference, but with 'snowed in' there feels a greater emphasis on the predicament of the people (since they are the ones being 'in') over the snow causing it, whilst with 'snowed up' there's
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