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up the river
adverb
To prison.
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They've cleaned up the river.
"But we're going up the river.
GOING UP THE RIVER: Travels in a Prison Nation.
Get sent up the river, but do soft time here.
We need to clean up the river systems in this country.
Newspapers and NGOs joined the campaign to clean up the river.
The traditional method of protection was to build up the river walls and embankments.
Maybe I could build a bonfire with the waste and light up the river at night.
Veer Bhadra Mishra, a spiritual leader and civil engineer, is trying to clean up the river.
They use high-pressure hoses, mounted on barges, to churn up the river bed.
"It's time to move on, and we're committed to cleaning up the river".
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