# fed up

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/fed-up
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long.

## Examples

- I'm fed up with this slow computer.
- After months of broken promises, the team was fed up with the constant delays.
- Fed up with years of political gridlock and hollow speeches, the voters finally turned against the establishment candidates in overwhelming numbers.

## Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. (disputed)

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