"up someone's ass" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

  1. (vulgar, US) Prying into or interfering with someone's business (activities, life) so much as to be irritating or annoying to them. Tags: US, vulgar Related terms: pain in the ass, up one's own ass, micromanagement, proctologically Coordinate_terms: on someone's ass
    Sense id: en-up_someone's_ass-en-prep_phrase-en:prying_or_interfering_in_someone_s_business Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: inside someone's anorectal area.
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