go west
Toward the Pacific
To go west is to die or be destroyed.
The phrase likely comes from the sun setting in the west, suggesting an ending or final journey.
It saw heavy use during World War I for soldiers killed in battle: He went west at Verdun.
The expression sounds dated now but persists in British English.
Separately, to go west can simply mean to travel westward.
Early explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- wagonWheeled hauling vehicle
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
gold rush · manifest destiny · prairie · territory · trapper · fur trade · expansion · frontiersman
Euphemism for dying
succumb · mortality · fallen · afterlife · cross over · final journey · eternal rest · beyond
Light after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- eveningLate day period
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
glow · sundown · afterglow · silhouette · Pacific · coastline · California · setting sun
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
Oregon Trail · gold rush · manifest destiny · prairie · territory · trapper · fur trade · expansion · frontiersman · wilderness
pass away
Euphemism for dying
demise · succumb · mortality · fallen · afterlife · cross over · final journey · eternal rest · beyond · other side
twilight
Light after sunset
golden · glow · sundown · afterglow · silhouette · Pacific · coastline · California · setting sun · nightfall
go westsurvive
Continue to exist
live · stay alive · come back to life · pull through · make it
go westfunction
Purpose or duty
succeed · hold together · come right · pan out · hold up
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