down the river
idiom
: in the same direction as the river is flowing
Large boats came down the river.
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Outdoor enthusiasts can embark on a float down the river at Ohio River Paddlefest.
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Her body was found around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the water near Brownsville, Minn. — about 15 miles down the river from La Crosse.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Police say Winn cut the trees down, pulled them to the Red River with a winch and floated them down the river at night to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boat ramp in Adams.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The 64-year-old was standing on the shore by her boat, the AuSable River Queen, a longtime tourist attraction that spent six decades taking people on cruises up and down the river for which it was named.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025
Her body was found around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the water near Brownsville, Minn. — about 15 miles down the river from La Crosse.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Police say Winn cut the trees down, pulled them to the Red River with a winch and floated them down the river at night to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boat ramp in Adams.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The 64-year-old was standing on the shore by her boat, the AuSable River Queen, a longtime tourist attraction that spent six decades taking people on cruises up and down the river for which it was named.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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“Down the river.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20river. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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