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up the wazoo

up the wazoo prepositional phrase: synonym of out the wazoo.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Synonym of out the wazoo.
    • I'd go, but I'm sure they will charge up the wazoo for tickets.
    • Of course, it was strictly against company rules to allow dogs in the building but Graydon tolerated them because Elizabeth was, as Chris put it, “connected up the wazoo.”2008 [2001], Toby Young, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo, →ISBN, page 76
    Synonyms:
    out the wazoo

Synonyms of up the wazoo

Questions about up the wazoo

What does up the wazoo mean?
Up the wazoo means synonym of out the wazoo.
What part of speech is up the wazoo?
Up the wazoo is a prepositional phrase.

Words near up the wazoo in the dictionary

  1. up the spout
  2. up the stick
  3. up the stump
  4. up the wall
  5. up the walls
  6. up the wazoo
  7. up the yin-yang
  8. up the ying yang
  9. up the ying-yang
  10. up there
  11. up till

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