[notbeforenoun] ~ (with sb/sth) (especially spoken) bored or unhappy, especially with a situation that has continued for too long:
You look fed up. What's the matter? * I'm fed up with waiting for her. * People are fed up with all these traffic jams. * In the end, I just got fed up with his constant complaining. * I wish he'd get a job. I'm fed up with it (= with the situation). * I'm fed up to the back teeth (= very fed up) with hearing about your problems.
HELPNOTE Some people say 'fed up of sth' in BrE, but this is not considered correct in standard English.
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Is fed up a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, fed up is tagged as adjective.
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