down south
idiom
informal
: in or to the southern part of a country or region
She spent a few years down south.
We'll be heading down south for the winter.
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There was talk of moving from the spa to an interim space, such as a high-rise in Jerusalem or a rural community somewhere down south.
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William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
The career change prompted them to move down south to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but before doing so, Madisyn reflected on their time in the City of Angels.
—Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
Roman was still in Kyiv on March 12 when another soldier called from down south.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
Like a trip that this same Beta aircraft took last year out to Arkansas, this journey down south was a chance for regular people to see a neat new plane.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
Still not known if kidnapped to Gaza or killed at the party down south.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Plenty of crossover Southern Utah’s former offensive coordinator Blair Peterson was an analyst at BYU for three seasons before heading down south.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
Cordero says that the southern hemisphere is also about 7 percent closer to the sun during its summer—with Earth’s closest-to-the-Sun orbital point arriving in January, a summer month in down south—and also contains less ozone molecules than the northern hemisphere.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
Week 1 of the college football season gets stated early down south when the UTEP Miners face the Jacksonville State Gamecocks on Saturday, August 26 at 2:30 p.m. PT/5:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. CDT) with a live broadcast on CBS Sports Network, or streaming online.
—oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
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William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
The career change prompted them to move down south to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but before doing so, Madisyn reflected on their time in the City of Angels.
—Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
Roman was still in Kyiv on March 12 when another soldier called from down south.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
Like a trip that this same Beta aircraft took last year out to Arkansas, this journey down south was a chance for regular people to see a neat new plane.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
Still not known if kidnapped to Gaza or killed at the party down south.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Plenty of crossover Southern Utah’s former offensive coordinator Blair Peterson was an analyst at BYU for three seasons before heading down south.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
Cordero says that the southern hemisphere is also about 7 percent closer to the sun during its summer—with Earth’s closest-to-the-Sun orbital point arriving in January, a summer month in down south—and also contains less ozone molecules than the northern hemisphere.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
Week 1 of the college football season gets stated early down south when the UTEP Miners face the Jacksonville State Gamecocks on Saturday, August 26 at 2:30 p.m. PT/5:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. CDT) with a live broadcast on CBS Sports Network, or streaming online.
—oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
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“Down south.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20south. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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