"up the wazoo" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=up the wazoo}} up the wazoo, {{en-PP|head=up the wazoo}} up the wazoo
  1. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) Synonym of out the wazoo. Tags: colloquial, mildly, vulgar Synonyms: out the wazoo [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-up_the_wazoo-en-prep_phrase-FDBENKeh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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