to sell sb down the river
1sell someone down the river — sell (someone) down the river to do something that hurts someone who trusted you. Workers complained that their leaders sold them down the river in the latest contract negotiations. Related vocabulary: sell out someone/something …
2sell somebody down the river — sell sb down the ˈriver idiom (informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi river in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their… …
3sell someone down the river — (informal).See double cross. → river (informal).See double cross. → sell * * * sell someone down the river informal …
4sell down the river — To play false, betray • • • Main Entry: ↑sell * * * sell (someone) down the river see ↑sell, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑river sell (someone) down the river informa …
5sell down the river — sell (someone) down the river to do something that hurts someone who trusted you. Workers complained that their leaders sold them down the river in the latest contract negotiations. Related vocabulary: sell out someone/something …
6sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust …
7sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you sell someone down the river, you betray a person who trusts you. When the trade union signed the salary agreement, the workers felt… …
8Sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust …
9sell someone down the river — informal betray someone. [orig. with ref. to the sale of a troublesome slave to a plantation owner on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were relatively harsher.] → river …
10sell down the river — ► sell down the river informal betray. [ORIGIN: originally with reference to the sale of a troublesome slave to a plantation owner on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were relatively harsher.] Main Entry: ↑river …
