Examples of 'went south' in a sentence

Meaning of "went south"

Idiomatic expression that means something didn't go as planned or expected and ended up turning out bad or undesirable. It typically refers to a situation or event that took a negative or unfavorable turn
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  • simple past tense of go south

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As things went south the theories got weirder.
The pilots of her private jet went south.
I went south towards the town of which we said.
Krishna said she went south of the compound.
I went south towards that city of which it is said.
That business went south after the arrest.
On the news they said you went south.
The mission went south because of the sights.
They got scared because shit went south.
I went south on my wife about a year ago.
And the marriage went south pretty quickly.
We went south and then looped back north.
And the next day things went south.
I believe they went south for economic reasons.
But because of those wallops everything went south.

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Others went south looking for their history.
There is no evidence that they even went south.
My monkey mind went south three years ago.
They were met by increasing violence as they went south.
Things went south for me when she left.
And after two rescue attempts went south.
Some of these went south and became lamoids.
He told me that your job went south.
I just went south because they told me to.
Got involved and it all went south.
Your mind went south somewhere after kiss three.
Between the time something went south.
Plus things went south with a girl.
He needed a quick getaway in case things went south.
Only the deal went south somehow.
Every fluid ounce of blood in my body went south.
I think things went south for them.
He took thirty thousand riders and went south.
I went south with my mom last year.
Something probably went south between them.
I went south of the border for this.
Could be things went south between them.
He went south to pick up a car for them.
That perfect crime went south awfully fast.
He went south with his polo team.
I was running a pretty heavy op that went south.
But that went south when you killed a man.
Harbor master log said they went south by southeast.
I went south looking for work.
And when her business went south.
Went south between the two of you.
No it kinda went south before that.
I lost a lot of money when this deal went south.
Shit went south with the pickup.
I got a jacuzzi from this job that went south.

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Examples of using South
As things went south the theories got weirder
There is got to be a demon or two in south beach
I am nearing the south end of the pier
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