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Downriver   /dˌaʊnrˈɪvər/   Listen
Downriver

adverb
1.
Away from the source or with the current.  Synonym: downstream.






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"Downriver" Quotes from Famous Books



... spreading through the center of the town, licking out for more buildings no one seemed to have the organization nor the will to save. He was riding with the advance of Giltner's brigade, double-quicking it downriver to Keller's Bridge. In town the Yankees were prisoners, but here a long line, with heavy reserves in wedges of blue behind, ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton

... islands that may have inspired the story. About 5 miles north (upriver) of Lumberville is Walls Island and Prahls Island where the river is aligned north/south, as shown on the map on page 16. About two miles east (downriver) is Eagle ...
— The Scientific American Boy - The Camp at Willow Clump Island • A. Russell Bond



Words linked to "Downriver" :   upstream, downstream, upriver



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