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up north en · ADV

Etymology

From up + north. The sense 2 comes from the fact that that in New York state many prisons are located in the northern part of the state.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In the northern part of an area, country etc.
   • She spent a few years up north.
2. (New-York-City, not-comparable, slang) In jail, in prison.
   • And when the fella be walkin' you can tell a Whole lotta sugar's in his core Feed the soft, he be hittin' off He heads fresh home from up North 1995, Masta Ace Incorporated, “People in my Hood”, in Sittin' on Chrome:
   • Even if I'm locked up North you in the world Rocking three-fourths of cloth, never showing your stuff off, boo 1994, Method Man, “All I Need”, in Tical:

Forms

Antonyms

down south

Coordinates

out west · back east

Relateds

north country