"up the river" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "A reference to Sing Sing prison, which is located on the Hudson river, to the north of (and upstream from) New York City.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "en:Prison",
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        {
          "ref": "1990 July 21, “Pete Rose: He doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame”, in Dallas Morning News, retrieved 2010-09-23:",
          "text": "The former baseball player that Cincinnati idolized is being sent up the river to Ashland, Ky., to serve a prison term for cheating on his taxes.",
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        }
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        "To prison."
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        "(US, idiomatic) To prison."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "jail"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "idiomatic: to prison",
          "word": "telkien taakse"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "idiomatic: to prison",
          "word": "leivättömän pöydän ääreen"
        }
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  "word": "up the river"
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  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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    {
      "word": "jail"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1990 July 21, “Pete Rose: He doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame”, in Dallas Morning News, retrieved 2010-09-23:",
          "text": "The former baseball player that Cincinnati idolized is being sent up the river to Ashland, Ky., to serve a prison term for cheating on his taxes.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To prison."
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        "(US, idiomatic) To prison."
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic: to prison",
      "word": "telkien taakse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "idiomatic: to prison",
      "word": "leivättömän pöydän ääreen"
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  ],
  "word": "up the river"
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