upstream
Speech parts
1. upstream - Noun
2. upstream - Adjective
3. upstream - Verb
4. upstream - Adverb
Meaning
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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Examples
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Water runs a whole mile downstream easier than an inch upstream.