go west

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go west

1. if something goes west, it is destroyed or lost. My watch went west when I accidentally dropped it on a concrete floor. That's my chance of seeing the game gone west!

2. if someone goes west, they die. He went west in a plane crash.

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Two great tears rolled down Polly's cheeks, and Fanny wiped them away, feeling an intense desire to go West by the next train, wither Maria Bailey with a single look, and bring Tom back as a gift to Polly. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context Jane had resigned from the Avonlea school and intended to go West in the fall. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context Now, as my legs were naked and Nobs' jaws are much more powerful than he realizes, I gave in and followed him, for I knew that I might as well go west as east, as far as any knowledge I had of the correct direction went. The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

References in classic literature

Two great tears rolled down Polly's cheeks, and Fanny wiped them away, feeling an intense desire to go West by the next train, wither Maria Bailey with a single look, and bring Tom back as a gift to Polly.

An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

Jane had resigned from the Avonlea school and intended to go West in the fall.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

Now, as my legs were naked and Nobs' jaws are much more powerful than he realizes, I gave in and followed him, for I knew that I might as well go west as east, as far as any knowledge I had of the correct direction went.

The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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