pull a river

1) To open the most serious barrel of whoop ass imaginable like River Tam does on the planet Miranda when she’s locked in a room with a bunch of Reavers and goes mentally medieval on all of them. 2) To win a hand at Texas Hold Em only with the help of the last card. 3) To drink almost continually from a keg of beer. 4) To perform a great feat of strength, like the fifth labor of Hercules in which he diverts an entire river by hand. 5) To die young and end a promising career, a la River Phoenix.