up the wazoo

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up the wazoo

  1. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) Synonym of out the wazoo.
    I'd go, but I'm sure they will charge up the wazoo for tickets.
    • 2008 [2001], Toby Young, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo, →ISBN, page 76:
      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.”