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Meaning of up the pole in English:

up the pole

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phrase

informal

  • 1British Mad.

    • ‘taxes can be enough to drive you up the pole’
    mad, crazy, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented, distracted
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  • 2mainly Irish Pregnant.

    • ‘young Sharon's after getting herself up the pole’
    • ‘She said I had shamed them enough without flying in the face of God trying to crack on I was a virgin when everyone on the street knew I was up the pole.’