Antonyms for go south

Grammar : Verb

Definition of go south

Origin : "vanish, abscond," 1920s, American English, probably from mid-19c. notion of disappearing south to Mexico or Texas to escape pursuit or responsibility, reinforced by Native American belief (attested in colonial writing mid-18c.) that the soul journeys south after death.

As in abscond : verb run away, depart secretly
As in disappear : verb vanish; cease

Example sentences :

Now he has told me that his grandmother did not go south at all.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

She's going to Pembina to meet her father, lad, when I go south to the Missouri.
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

After a moment's consideration he decided to go south toward the wreck.
Extract from : « The Escape of Mr. Trimm » by Irvin S. Cobb

All of them go south between the middle of July and the first of October.
Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey

I got them as a surprise for you when we go South next week.
Extract from : « Dolly Reforming Herself » by Henry Arthur Jones

In the United States, the susceptibility increases as we go South.
Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 » by Various

“Yes, Fanny has agreed to go South with me,” he answered briefly.
Extract from : « At Fault » by Kate Chopin.

Do you not understand that you are only to pretend to go south?
Extract from : « Red Rooney » by R.M. Ballantyne

Then they go south in the winter, for food and warmth; but in what lines, and by what stages?
Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin

At least, he stayed there all summer long, until the time came for him to go South.
Extract from : « The Tale of Jolly Robin » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Synonyms for go south

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