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buried
What does buried mean?
One level deeper than slammed. You're not catching up this hour. The rail is full, the window's stacked, and the chef's calling times you already missed. Heads down, push through.
"Sauté's buried — I need a runner on the window now."
Frequently asked questions
What does buried mean in a kitchen?
It means being so overwhelmed with orders that you've gone past slammed into pure survival mode.
How do you use buried in a sentence?
"We were completely buried on the Saturday rush — tickets everywhere."
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