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
- 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
- abandon
- abscond
- be done for
- be gone
- be lost
- be no more
- be swallowed up
- beat it
- bolt
- break
- cease to exist
- clear
- clear out
- come to naught
- cut and run
- decamp
- dematerialize
- depart
- die
- die out
- disappear
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- dog it
- drop out of sight
- duck out
- ebb
- end
- end gradually
- escape
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- exit
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get
- go
- go AWOL
- go south
- hightail
- jump
- leave
- leave no trace
- make a break
- make off
- make scarce
- melt
- melt away
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- pull out
- quit
- recede
- retire
- retreat
- run off
- scram
- sink
- skedaddle
- skip out
- slip
- sneak away
- split
- steal away
- take flight
- take off
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- wane
- withdraw
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