go south

as inabscond
as indisappear

Synonyms for go south

verb run away, depart secretly

Antonyms for go south

Word Origin & History

"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.

Example Sentences for go south

Now he has told me that his grandmother did not go south at all.

She's going to Pembina to meet her father, lad, when I go south to the Missouri.

After a moment's consideration he decided to go south toward the wreck.

All of them go south between the middle of July and the first of October.

I got them as a surprise for you when we go South next week.

In the United States, the susceptibility increases as we go South.

“Yes, Fanny has agreed to go South with me,” he answered briefly.

Do you not understand that you are only to pretend to go south?

Then they go south in the winter, for food and warmth; but in what lines, and by what stages?

At least, he stayed there all summer long, until the time came for him to go South.

go south

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More words related to go south

abscond

disappear

disappeared

disappearing