Synonyms for go west

Grammar : Verb

Spell : west

Phonetic Transcription : wɛst

Top 10 synonyms for go west

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Définition of go west

Origin : 19c. British idiom for "die, be killed" (popularized during World War I), "probably from thieves' slang, wherein to go west meant to go to Tyburn, hence to be hanged, though the phrase has indubitably been influenced by the setting of the sun in the west." [Partridge]

As in kick the bucket : verb die
As in desert : verb abandon, defect

Example sentences :

If the worst came, he could go West with the family and learn how to do something.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Donald had made up his mind to go West In vain his parents dissuaded him.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

"I cannot go West with you, Mrs. Lincoln," I said, when the idea was first advanced.
Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley

But I think he will go west and though it is a big country, we might find him there.
Extract from : « Far Past the Frontier » by James A. Braden

Maybe what she said to Pa made him go west after peppering your burglar.
Extract from : « The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy » by George W. Peck

A few, but only a few, go south; two or three go west, or to right of me.
Extract from : « The Mason-bees » by J. Henri Fabre

You mustn't go west, I tell you; it is destruction to go west.
Extract from : « The Water-Babies » by Charles Kingsley

Its fall, and if we go West it may be very cold, with lots of snow soon.
Extract from : « The Motor Boys Overland » by Clarence Young

We'll head in the last direction they'll expect us to go—west!'
Extract from : « Beyond the Black River » by Robert E. Howard

I quote this to show that it is not all foreigners that go west.
Extract from : « To and Through Nebraska » by Frances I. Sims Fulton

Antonyms for go west

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