go south
Example Sentences
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As consistent as the players have to be, everything can go south in a single frame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
So how many of these borderline investments would have to go south before the fund’s net asset value gets whacked?
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
But Postecoglou's return will have some fans pondering what might have been had he never received an offer to go south.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
“He could be a superb commissioner, or this could go south really fast.”
From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024
I know all the best dog parks in Manhattan to go look at dogs, and all the best playgrounds, and which avenues go south and which go north and which ones go both ways.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
