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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Americans today likely don’t realize just how difficult it was for young men to take Horace Greeley’s advice and go west, especially to California.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

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

Abu Daqqa was urging the family to go west, but Ayat was resisting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

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

After thinking long and hard and consulting with his parents, Carl decided to go west.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

go west

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