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Go west

verb

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Verb

1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west.
"Go west until you hit the ocean, then turn left."
2
Synonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down.
"For hit was nyght, the sonne goth west"
3
Synonym of die. dated, figuratively
"Women and mony wilsome wy,"
4
To be lost, destroyed, or otherwise ruined. dated, figuratively
"The glare of a burning house shone red in the sky over the roof tops. 'Somebody's 'appy 'ome gone west', remarked one man."
5
To move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era. US
"It reminds me of the advice that Mr. Secretary Corwin gave to a young man that was applying for a clerkship. He said, ‘Young man, go West’."

Etymology

In reference to death, originally Scottish, reaching broader usage among the soldiers of World War I. In reference to Manifest Destiny in the United States, a paraphrase of Horace Greeley's 25 Aug. 1838 advice in The New Yorker that young men should "Go to the West" if free to do so.

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