down the river
idiom
: in the same direction as the river is flowing
Large boats came down the river.
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Days before her official christening, a 16-year-old Patrick Day stepped aboard to better understand life cruising down the river.
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 15 Sep. 2024
Pacheco told me that, for generations, Shoshone people passed down stories about some parents being forced to let their babies float down the river that day so that their crying would not alert the soldiers to where a group was hiding along the riverbank.
—Joseph Lee, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
As the floods increased Friday, his trailer, built on cinder blocks, imploded, pushing him down the river.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Friday’s event is set to stretch over a four-mile stretch of the River Seine, with thousands of athletes sailing down the river in boats.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 15 Sep. 2024
Pacheco told me that, for generations, Shoshone people passed down stories about some parents being forced to let their babies float down the river that day so that their crying would not alert the soldiers to where a group was hiding along the riverbank.
—Joseph Lee, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
As the floods increased Friday, his trailer, built on cinder blocks, imploded, pushing him down the river.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Friday’s event is set to stretch over a four-mile stretch of the River Seine, with thousands of athletes sailing down the river in boats.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
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“Down the river.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20river. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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