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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(US, idiomatic) To prison.

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up the river

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Source Word

up the river

Prepositional phrase

US idiomatic

(US, idiomatic) To prison.

Japanese Meaning

刑務所に行くこと（刑務所に送られる、刑務所行きとなる状態や運命を指す）

What is this buttons?

Everyone knew that if he took the fall, they'd send him up the river for years.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

もし彼が罪をかぶれば、彼が何年も刑務所に送られることは誰もが知っていた。

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(US, idiomatic) To prison.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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