Phrase guide
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verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Synonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: set
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verb
Synonym of die.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, figuratively
Synonyms: die
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verb
To be lost, destroyed, or otherwise ruined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, figuratively
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verb
To move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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History
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.
