send someone up the river

send someone up the river

tv. to send someone to prison. (Underworld. As done by a judge or indirectly by the police.) They tried to send me up the river, but my lip got me off.

See also: river, send, up

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Simonu		-	Old Church Slavic
Guto		GI-taw	Welsh
SiniŠA		-	Croatian, Serbian
Oden		-	Norse Mythology
CÉIbhfhionn		-	Irish Mythology
UrtĖ		-	Lithuanian

Copyright © IMWord Privacy Policy