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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
StirlingSTUR-lingEnglish (Rare)
Mahendra-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Sanskrit
Anis-Arabic
Evpraksiya-Russian
KiplingKIP-lingEnglish (Rare)
Catherinakath-ə-REE-nə, kə-THREE-nəEnglish (Rare)