country (redirected from countries)

go to the country (British & Australian, slightly formal)

if a government or the leader of a government goes to the country, they have an election. The Prime Minister has decided to go to the country next spring.

It's a free country!

something that you say which means that you have the right to do something even if someone else has criticized you for it. I'll shout if I want to - it's a free country!

See also: free, it's

the old country (American & Australian)

the country or place where you or your parents were born but do not now live, especially Europe. Pounds, francs, lira - they're all the same to many Americans touring the old country.

See also: old