up the pole

Pregnant, usually unplanned, Irish slang, as in "knocked up"

From the great Irish film, THE SNAPPER:
"She's gone and got herself up the pole"

by Petra777 January 5, 2008

phr. 1 (late 19C+) insane. 2 1920s +) pregnant (cf. UP THE SPOUT).

- Is she up the pole ?
- Better ask Seymour that. (James Joyce:Ulysses,PICADOR,1998, p.23)

by Petyush March 27, 2005

Up a pole

To get a gun.

by 830Tiger January 1, 2018

To pull out the blicky/gun(to arm yourself with your firearm)

by Isaac_Hunt00 October 24, 2020

Adan was talkin smack I upped the pole on em

by Look at adan maan April 24, 2020

To pull out, or raise ones firearms. As either a threat or with the intent to kill.

if they aint got that money, we up them poles

by SexualDemon March 15, 2016

a complete waste of time and effort that backfires anyway.
like spitting into the wind, but worse.

see also piss up a rope

If you've been nominated for the same award 4 times and never won, to nominate yourself _again_ is like pissing up a pole.

by Quitcher April 3, 2008