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wrapped up(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, set)
7
taken up(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, deep)
6
in the clouds(adjective, idiom, inattention)
5
deep in thought(adjective, idiom, involved, engaged)
4
hung up(adjective, happy, anxious, distant)
4
lost in thought(adjective, idiom, thoughtful, thinking)
3
in a reverie(adjective, idiom, inattention)
3
wrapped in(verb, phrasal verb, desire, attention)
3
wrapped up in(adjective, idiom, desire, excite)
2
immersed in(adjective, desire, troubled, absorbed)
2
out of it(adjective, idiom, careless, sloppy)
2
out to lunch(adjective, idiom, careless, apathetic)
2
taken up with(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, attention)
2
wrapped in thought(idiom, inattention)
1
asleep on the job(adjective, idiom, careless, sloppy)
1
buried in thought
1
caught up in
1
connected with(full, involved, occupied, working)
1
dealing in(full, involved, occupied, working)
1
eat sleep and breathe(adjective, idiom, desire, troubled)
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