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under·tow (un′dər tō′)

noun

a current of water moving beneath and in a different direction from that of the surface water: said esp. of a seaward current beneath breaking surf

Etymology: under- + tow

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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