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heading south

[HED-ing south]
verb phrase
indo mal; piorando; desmoronando
1. to be getting worse; to deteriorate in quality or condition
The project is heading south if we don't fix these issues soon.
O projeto está indo mal se não resolvermos esses problemas em breve.
2. to move in a negative direction; to decline
Sales have been heading south for the last quarter.
As vendas têm estado piorando no último trimestre.
3. to physically travel southward
We're heading south for the winter.
Estamos indo para o sul no inverno.
NYC Slang
going downhill; tanking
Synonyms
going downhilldecliningdeterioratingfalling apartgetting worse
Antonyms
heading northimprovinggetting bettergoing uphillflourishing

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
indo mal; piorando
commonly used in informal spoken Portuguese
São Paulo
desmoronando; caindo
more emphatic expression of deterioration
Portugal
a piorar; a descer
slightly more formal usage in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

going belly-up
going down the drain
falling apart
on the rocks
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