Yahoo Web Search

Search results

      • According to the AHD the expression dates back to the 14th century, Go west : Die, as in He declared he wasn't ready to go west just yet. This expression has been ascribed to a Native American legend that a dying man goes to meet the setting sun.
      english.stackexchange.com/questions/334078/origin-of-the-phrase-go-west-to-die
  1. People also ask

  2. May 26, 2019 · In British English, the primary meaning of to go west is to die; this phrase later came to also mean:– to be lost, to be destroyed;– to disappear, to vanish;– to end in failure, to come to grief. EARLY INSTANCES OF TO GO WEST. This phrase originated—or gained currency—in British Army slang during the First World War (1914-18).

  3. Jun 23, 2016 · According to the AHD the expression dates back to the 14th century, Go west: Die, as in He declared he wasn't ready to go west just yet. This expression has been ascribed to a Native American legend that a dying man goes to meet the setting sun.

  4. The song's title is attributed to the 19th-century quote "Go West, young man" commonly attributed to the American newspaper editor Horace Greeley, a rallying cry for the colonization of the American West, but also an invitation to pursue one's own dreams and individuality.

    • Synth-Pop Dance-Pop Disco Euro House
  5. Go west, young man, go west refers to the opportunities that the American West afforded in the mid-19th century. The quotation is attributed to John Soule, a newspaperman from Indiana in 1851.

  6. Jul 9, 2015 · Who wrote the famous slogan “Go west, young man, and grow up with the country”? It’s one of the great catch phrases of Manifest Destiny , an exhortation that echoes deep in the soul of Americans long after the closing of the frontier.

  7. "Go West, young man" is a phrase, the origin of which is often credited to the American author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley, concerning America's expansion westward as related to the concept of Manifest destiny. No one has yet proven who first used this phrase in print.

  8. Aug 21, 2006 · Go West, young man!” is a phrase that sums up the pioneering spirit and expansionist vision of the nineteenth century. The origin of this slogan for Manifest Destiny, however, is not as...

  1. People also search for