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downriver

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down⋅riv⋅er

[doun-riv-er]
–adverb, adjective
with or in the direction of the current of a river: logs floating downriver.

Origin:
1885–90; down 1 + river 1
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down·riv·er   (doun'rĭv'ər)   
adv.   & adj.
Toward or near the mouth of a river; in the direction of the current: swam downriver; a downriver canoe race.
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