What does over the river mean?

over the river

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

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Colloquial; Dated

""Over the river!" said Abe. Gene drank. As he set his glass down, he tried to push past us."
"Each of them got half a water-glass of the clear brown liquor. They waited ceremoniously for the captain and then they said: “Over the river,” and tossed it back."

over the river and through the woods

over the river and through the woods

down the hatch

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