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In a difficult situation, as in They found the drugs in his suitcase, so he was up a tree . This expression alludes to an animal, such as a raccoon or squirrel, that climbs a tree for refuge from attackers, which then surround the tree so it cannot come down. [ Colloquial ; early 1800s]Advertisement
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