south of

idiomatic phrase

of a number or value

: less than

Other than crafty Chicago White Sox lefty Dallas Keuchel, no other starter with a strikeout percentage as low as Wheeler had an ERA south of 4.00 in 2020.

—Joe Giglio

… the wine list could use a few more bargains; I counted only a handful of bottles costing south of $60.

—Scott Mowbray

The North Carolina Tar Heels' star quarterback, who averaged more than 300 yards per game and completed nearly 70 percent of his passes in the regular season, went into the fourth quarter of the 2021 Orange Bowl with only 128 passing yards and a completion percentage south of 60.

—David Wilson

compare north of

Examples of south of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Havana Located northwest of Tallahassee just south of the Georgia state line, the lively town of Havana is not to be missed. —Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024

David Espinoza and his wife Toni were living on the southern border of Texas, in the city of McAllen, five hours south of Houston. —Fox News Staff, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024

Who wouldn’t want a chateau in the south of France? —Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024

Spring Hill, about 30 miles south of Nashville, is the latest city to enact such conservation efforts, joining Portland and Franklin as the third town in a growing list. —Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above