up the wazoo

prepositional phrase

Synonym of out the wazoo.

“I'd go, but I'm sure they will charge up the wazoo for tickets.”

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. colloquialmildlyvulgarSynonym of out the wazoo.

    I'd go, but I'm sure they will charge up the wazoo for tickets.

    1 more example

    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 & antonyms

prepositional phraseSynonym of out the wazoo.

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up the wazoo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20the%20wazoo

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“up the wazoo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20the%20wazoo. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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