ALL meanings of up the river
up the riv·er
U u - noun up the river a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 1
- noun up the river a similar stream of something other than water: a river of lava; a river of ice. 1
- noun up the river any abundant stream or copious flow; outpouring: rivers of tears; rivers of words. 1
- noun up the river (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Eridanus. 1
- noun up the river Printing. a vertical channel of white space resulting from the alignment in several lines of spaces between words. 1
- idioms up the river sell down the river, to betray; desert; mislead: to sell one's friends down the river. 1
- idioms up the river up the river, Slang. to prison: to be sent up the river for a bank robbery. in prison: Thirty years up the river had made him a stranger to society. 1
- noun up the river to or confined in a penitentiary 0
- adverb up the river (Idiomatic) (US) To prison. 0