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go west

VERB
desert
Synonyms
STRONGEST
betray bolt depart escape flee forsake give up quit vacate
STRONG
abscond apostatize beach chuck decamp duck fly go jilt leave light maroon relinquish renounce resign split strand tergiversate walk
WEAK
bail out check out cop out crawl out go AWOL go back on go over the hill leave high and dry leave in the lurch leave stranded opt out play truant pull out run out on sneak off take a hike take off throw over violate oath
Antonyms
STRONGEST
come continue remain stay wait
STRONG
care face hold keep maintain stop
WEAK
aid assist come back help support
VERB
kick the bucket
Synonyms
WEAK
bite the dust buy the farm cash in one's chips cease living croak expire go belly up go to the wall meet one's maker pass away pass on shove off succumb

Example Sentences

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In the station concourse a young soldier with a Kalashnikov slung across his back was hugging his girlfriend before she left to go west and he went back to his unit.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Story left the Cincinnati area in 1979 to go west and find her biological father, traveling to Las Vegas with two male friends, police said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

A New York songwriter and a rancher meet, marry and go west to live with his daughters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2021

The initial Gothic uprising that sparked the beginning of the end for the west was in the Balkans, but the Goths were then convinced to go west.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

“You heard the prophecy. Five shall go west to the goddess in chains. We can get five hunters and go.”

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan