down the river

idiom

: in the same direction as the river is flowing
Large boats came down the river.

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Researchers suspect some of the sediment that still makes it down the river is spilling into Breton Sound, thanks to floods over the past dozen years that punched new holes in the eastern bank of the lower Mississippi (see sidebar, below). Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025 If the weather is warm enough, onlookers can float down the river in a kayak or paddle up close for a view from the water. Alina Polishuk, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025 This contaminated leachate makes its way down the river to New York City. Yvonne Taylor, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025 Donnelly said that the wind had carried debris down the river, which will take time to recover, having spread out the span of the recovery operations. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for down the river

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“Down the river.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20river. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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