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

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Coventry is about 13 miles south of the Canadian border. —

Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025 About 70 miles north of South Carolina and 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach, Pawleys has a loyal fan base despite its small stature. —

Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025 Southern New Jersey police have charged a 26-year-old man after a 2-year-old Bichon Frise was found in a dumpster slightly south of Staten Island. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025 The crash was reported south of Highway 84, the California Highway Patrol said in a social media post. —

Jason Green, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for south of