down under
informal
adverb
In or to Australia or New Zealand: take a flight down under in September...
- Those who are serious about starting a new life down under in Australia have a number of ways they can apply for residency.
- Have I been deported down under to Australia where for some reason they start the Christmas preparations in August?
- Ballina woman, Phyllis Donnelly, now living in Mullingar, was on holiday down under when she saw the signpost.
noun
(also Down Under) Australia and New Zealand: a girl from down under...
- She, too, will reappear - on videophone from down under - in the show's dying hours.
- A couple years ago this band from down under played the Edmonton Folk Music Festival and stole our hearts.
Origin
Late 19th century: with reference to the position of these countries on a globe.