up north

idiom

informal

: in or to the northern part of a country or region

She spent a few years up north.

We'll be heading up north for the summer.

Examples of up north in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While Sacramento residents seem to be embracing the A’s temporary move up north, Las Vegas residents’ opinion of welcoming another professional team is murkier. —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024

He was eventually found dead in the back of a transport van during a stop on the drive up north. —Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024

Expanding offerings for Hudson’s Bay could offer Target a do-over of its rocky experiment up north. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 May 2024

In a region that had lost its steel and textile industries long ago, the auto plant offered wages and benefits comparable to union jobs up north. —Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 6 May 2024

But in October 1975, the year after Patty Hearst notoriously robbed a bank up north, Bell robbed one in Southern California and got caught. —Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

Multiple storms moving through the country will bring wintry weather up north and flash flood risks across the south until Thursday. —Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2024

The quickest way to travel across the country is up north — through North Dakota and South Dakota. —Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024

The voyage will visit 47 ports across 39 countries on an east-to-west route, sailing roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, traveling as far south as Antarctica and all the way up north to Oslo, Norway. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024