"up the yin-yang" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-up the ying yang.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Synonym of out the wazoo. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, mildly, vulgar Synonyms: out the wazoo [synonym, synonym-of], out the ying yang, up the yin yang, up the ying yang, up the ying-yang
    Sense id: en-up_the_yin-yang-en-prep_phrase-FDBENKeh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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