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.

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The funeral takes place at St. Paul’s Cathedral; later, a subplot about potential Scottish secession takes the entire production up north. —

Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 Mowry resides in Los Angeles, while Mowry-Housley resides up north in Napa, Calif. —

Jessica Wang, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024 Rising to the occasion, community members from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, banded together to collect donations of food, medicine, supplies, and first aid to send to their neighbors up north. —

Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024 Winds around greater Los Angeles won’t be as powerful as up north, with gusts between 25 and 40 mph (40 and 64 kph) possible in mountains and foothills, said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Los Angeles-area office. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for up north