Up The River Meaning

Up The River is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (US, idiomatic) To prison.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Up The River

(US, idiomatic) To prison.

Example : 1990, "Pete Rose: He doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame," Dallas Morning News 21 July (retrieved 23 Sep. 2010):  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.

Meaning of Up The River

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