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go south |
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go south and head South 1. Sl. to make an escape; to disappear. (Not necessarily in a southerly direction.) Lefty went South the minute he got out of the pen. The mugger headed South just after the crime. 2. Sl. to fall; to go down. (Securities markets.) All the stock market indexes went South today. The market headed South today at the opening bell 3. Sl. to quit; to drop out of sight. Fred got discouraged and went South. I think he gave up football permanently. After pulling the bank job, Wilbur went South for a few months. See also: south go south (American informal) to lose value or quality When oil prices went south, it caused problems right across the economy. She played well in the tennis championships, except her serve seemed to have gone south. See also: south go south 1. to lose value or quality She decided to sell her stocks at the end of the year because she felt the market was going south. 2. to stop working Ralph was on a business trip to New York when his laptop computer went south. See also: south How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They have found out that he starts for Fort Clayton day after to-morrow, with one of his scouts; so they will leave to- morrow, letting on to go south, but they will fetch around north all in good time. I always go South for the spring vacation, traveling by sea to Old Point Comfort, and rusticating in some quiet spot near by. It seems to me that we ought to take cabs when we go south or east. |
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