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
NataŠA-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Paz[pa:z]
Yamuna-Tamil, Indian, Telugu
LÚ&Eth;VÍKLOODH-veekIcelandic
Simba (2)-Eastern African, Swahili
My-Swedish