headed south
Traveling toward equator
Headed south means traveling or moving in a southerly direction: We're headed south on I-95.
Figuratively, it describes something declining or deteriorating: The stock market headed south, His health has headed south since the diagnosis.
The figurative sense likely derives from maps placing south at the bottom—down equals worse.
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- southboundHeading toward the pole below
- decliningDecreasing in strength
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- free fallUnimpeded gravitational descent
going downhill · on the decline · worsening · sinking · hitting the skids · diminishing · slumping · nosediving · souther · dropping · migration · downturn · decreasing · losing steam · deterioration · journey · tumbling · downward
headed southimproving
Becoming more capable
getting better · on the rise · looking up · turning around · bouncing back
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