Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up the walls

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: up- the walls
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Very busy, swamped.

British usage

Example Sentences

"We were up the walls last week and I got ten hours overtime."
"We didn't go to the restaurant as it was up the walls."

Usage

British usage

Phrases

up the wall

Frequently Paired Words

up the wall

Questions

What does up the walls mean?: Very busy, swamped.

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