Examples of 'up the river' in a sentence

Meaning of "up the river"

Used figuratively to imply being in a difficult or challenging situation. It suggests being in a problematic or undesirable condition, often used in reference to legal or disciplinary issues
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  • To prison.

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up the river
Up the river and through that cave.
They are sending me up the river tomorrow night.
Up the river and round the bend.
Send them up the river for life.
Bought a real big house up the river.
We must go up the river or out of the sun or.
We have been all the way up the river.
We boil up the river water for drinking.
There is another baby due up the river.
We rowed up the river against the current.
Two and a half miles up the river.
They went up the river two days ago.
We saw the devastation coming up the river.
Or trying to get up the river without a paddle.
They will press straight on up the river.

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I coulda went up the river without my oar.
They had a little shack up the river.
On their way up the river as we speak.
Sitting on its fast ass up the river.
Back up the river with you.
You will find him up the river.
Sent me up the river one time.
The only place you are going is up the river.
He tries to fill up the river with stones.
Though your goons are still going up the river.
We go up the river as far as it will take us.
Tourists can be taken up the river in longboats.
You up the river without a paddle in a lot of trouble.
We can grab a boat up the river here.
Proceed up the river to the mangroves.
The young man continues up the river.
Up the river and into the heart of darkness.
We luckily had a fair wind up the river.
He sold us up the river for nothing.
This is a salmon that came up the river.
They are up the river twenty miles.
To see my wistful saint nicholas going up the river.
We are a quarter mile up the river below the dam.
I was up the river with some acquaintances of mine.
He will not go any further up the river.
We are gonna go up the river as far as we can.
To pick it up and drag it a mile up the river.
We do not care if we go up the river for a hundred years.
There were also cargo ships going up the river.
We are gonna send you up the river without a poodle.
Up the river from that curve.
I was just trying to tidy up the river bank.
He went up the river with an old fisherman.
Saw a boy tow you in up the river.
To go up the river until its source.

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