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Definition of sell down the river in English Turkish dictionary
- down the river
- nehrin akıntısına
- down the river
- nehir boyunca
- down the river
- akıntıya
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Definition of sell down the river in English English dictionary
- To betray, especially in a manner which causes serious difficulty for the one betrayed
As a result, analysts were routinely selling investors down the river by promoting stocks purely to land banking business from companies.
- deceive, cheat, defraud
sell down the river
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sell Down the ri·verTurkish pronunciation
sel daun dhi rîvırPronunciation
/ˈsel ˈdoun ᴛʜē ˈrəvər/ /ˈsɛl ˈdaʊn ðiː ˈrɪvɜr/
Etymology
() Probably from the practice in the U.S., prior to the American Civil War, of trading in slaves who were transported via the Mississippi River: :* 1885, Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, ch. 42: :*: "e ain't no slave. . . . Old Miss Watson died two months ago, and she was ashamed she ever was going to sell him down the river, and said so; and she set him free in her will."Resimler
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