Alternative form of up the creek

(Britain, slang, vulgar) To scare someone, or give them a fright.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, up, one's, sleeves. / (idiomatic) To prepare to work.

(idiomatic) To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.

(idiomatic) To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.

(baseball) The recording of three outs in an inning without allowing a batter to reach first base.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To fail disastrously.

(idiomatic) To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.

(UK, idiomatic, vulgar) to waste money, normally through ineptness in business.

present participle of bark up the wrong tree