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
Lisettelee-ZET (French)French, English
HildebrandHIL-de-brahnt (German)German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic
MickyMIK-eeEnglish
PruPROOEnglish
KingstonKINGZ-tənEnglish (Modern)
JonnaYON-nah (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Finnish