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down South

to or at the southeastern United States. I used to live down South. We are going down South for the winter.

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.

mouth full of South

Sl. a southern accent. You sure do have a mouth full of South. I just love to hear a man with a mouth full of South.

See also: full, mouth

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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.

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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.