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heading south

heading south is the present participle and gerund of head south.

Meaning of head south

Verb

head south (third-person singular simple present heads south, present participle heading south, simple past and past participle headed south)

  1. Synonym of go south.
    Synonyms:
    go south

Questions about heading south

What is heading south the present participle and gerund of?
Heading south is the present participle and gerund of head south.

Words near heading south in the dictionary

  1. heading
  2. heading for the hills
  3. heading off
  4. heading off at the pass
  5. heading out
  6. heading south
  7. heading up
  8. Headingley
  9. headings
  10. Headington
  11. Headington stone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heading south (page history and authors); head south (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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