up north

phrase

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

Here’s what to know ahead of Saturday afternoon’s game up north. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026

The tariffs have hurt Maine because so much of the wood and the lumber that is grown and cut here in Maine is actually shipped up north to Canada to be processed, and then what it is processed as is shipped back across the United States. — Dustin Desoto, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026

Tuesday is another sunny and mild October day in the Twin Cities, with highs in the 70s south of Interstate 94 and upper 60s up north. — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Turns out that whoever at their urban university up north briefed them on their task had also schooled them in how to interact with rural Ozark folk. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for up north

• henceforth
• thenceforth
• fourth