Upcreek
adv
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Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Towards the source of a creek.
"She did know where he had gone? Up-creek? Good! He would strike out after him at once […]"
Example
More examples"She did know where he had gone? Up-creek? Good! He would strike out after him at once […]"
Etymology
From up- + creek.
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