What is Up The River?
1.
Go to prison. Originates from the fact that convicts from New York City would be sent up the Hudson River to Ossining State Prison ("Sing Sing").
"In 1959, Genovese was sent up the river for drug trafficking."
2.
when you get sent to prison
I got sent up the river.
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an expression which basically asserts that it is unnecessary (and often self-defeating) to be accompanied by someone of the opposite sex..
