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Up north

adv, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the northern part of an area, country etc. not-comparable

    "She spent a few years up north."

  2. 2
    in jail, in prison New-York-City, not-comparable, slang

    "Even if I'm locked up North you in the world Rocking three-fourths of cloth, never showing your stuff off, boo"

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.

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