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Meaning of up the river | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

To prison.

US, idiomatic

Equivalents

Suomi telkien taakse

Examples

“The former baseball player that Cincinnati idolized is being sent up the river to Ashland, Ky., to serve a prison term for cheating on his taxes.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

up the spout up the stick up the stump up the wall up the walls up the wazoo