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Gone south

Posted by ESC on December 03, 2000

In Reply to: Gone south posted by x on December 02, 2000

: what does this phrase mean exactly?

My understanding of the phrase is, if you've "gone south," you're dead. Or if a project has gone south, it's "in the toilet," "gone bust," etc.

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