go south
(slang) To give somebody oral sex.
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If you start in Vegas, 50 miles will put you in California if you go south.
Trump's trying to create a fortress where he and his descendants will be the ruling family for decades, where they can hunker down and lay low if things go south. Well, we all know what happened in Hitler's bunker.
NY Mets made an early trade deadline call with Luis Torrens his teammate won’t get https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/691047/ By extending Luis Torrens, the New York Mets admitted that even if things go south and they’re…
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(slang) To give somebody oral sex.
: I still had 5 miles (8 km) or so to go to cross the river when all of the controls went south. The bird pitched up, shuddered, rolled right like it was going to spin
“Trump's trying to create a fortress where he and his descendants will be the ruling family for decades, where they can hunker down and lay low if things go south. Well, we all know what happened in Hitler's bunker.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“NY Mets made an early trade deadline call with Luis Torrens his teammate won’t get https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/691047/ By extending Luis Torrens, the New York Mets admitted that even if things go south and they’re trade…”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiomatic) To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
I should have walked away from the casino when my luck went south, but I stayed and ended up in the hole.
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(intransitive) To make an escape; to disappear.
“If you start in Vegas, 50 miles will put you in California if you go south.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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