up to here

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Prepositional phrase

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up to here

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up to,‎ here.
    Just fill the bucket with water up to here.
  2. (idiomatic) Overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped.
    I have been up to here in paperwork all week.
    • 1953, Raymond Chandler, chapter 12, in The Long Goodbye:
      They have their lives to live and I'm up to here in disgust with mine.
  3. Used as an intensifier.
    I have had it up to here with his sarcasm.
    I am stuffed up to here with appetizers.

Usage notes

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Originally used with a gesture qualifying "here," e.g. holding up the hand flat at the level of the neck or the top of the head; subsequently used without any gesture, as the meaning is understood. Compare this close.

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