SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER

Meaning of SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER in English

See double-cross .

2192; headword

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SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER — informal betray someone. [orig. with ref. to the sale of a troublesome slave to a plantation owner on the lower …
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SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER — See double-cross . 2192; headword
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SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER — expr infml esp AmE The official leadership was accused of selling the rank and file down the river — Официальное руководство …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER — expr infml esp AmE The official leadership was accused of selling the rank and file down the river — Официальное …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER — sell someone down the river expr infml esp AmE The official leadership was accused of selling the rank and file …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SELL SOMEONE DOWN THE RIVER — The official leadership was accused of selling the rank and file down the river — Официальное руководство обвинили в предательстве …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Английский словарь Британика
SELL — I. ˈsel verb ( sold ˈsōld ; sold ; selling ; sells ) Etymology: Middle English sellen, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIVER — I. ˈrivə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, river, from Old French rivere, riviere riverbank, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
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SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELL — sell 1 — sellable , adj. /sel/ , v. , sold, selling , n. v.t. 1. to transfer (goods) to …
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RIVER — river 1 — riverless , adj. — riverlike , adj. /riv"euhr/ , n. 1. a natural stream of water of …
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DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
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SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SELL — I. ˈsel verb ( sold ˈsōld ; sell·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sellan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELL — noun a cell; a house. 2. sell ·noun a saddle for a horse. 3. sell ·noun a throne or lofty …
Webster English vocab
RIVER — noun one who rives or splits. 2. river ·vi to hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELL — [sell] vb sold ; sell.ing [ME, fr. OE sellan; akin to OHG sellen to sell, ON sala sale, Gk helein …
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RIVER — [riv.er] n, often attrib [ME rivere, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL riparia, fr. L, fem. of riparius riparian, fr. ripa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIVER — river, River BrE AmE ˈrɪv ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ river|s z ▶ ˈ river ˌ basin BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELL — / sel; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( sold , sold / səʊld; NAmE soʊld/) EXCHANGE FOR MONEY …
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RIVER — / ˈrɪvə(r); NAmE / noun 1. ( abbr. R. ) a natural flow of water that continues in a long …
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DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIVER — riv ‧ er S2 W2 /ˈrɪvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. sold) 1 tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELL — v. & n. v. (past and past part. sold) 1 tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. …
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RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
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DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
SELL — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. sold) 1. tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. …
Oxford English vocab
RIVER — n.1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
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RIVER — ( rivers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A river is a large …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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RIVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a river valley ▪ The route passes through beautiful wooded river valleys. an ocean/sea/river current …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
RIVER — [noun] [C] - a natural wide stream of fresh water flowing across the land into the sea, a lake, or …
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