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Meaning of gone north about | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.
idiomatic, obsolete
Dead.
idiomatic

Examples

“..And he's gone on a cruise he liked better than the one you'd have ⟳ had him; but that's no matter ⟳; I had better have ⟳ gone north about twenty times over than come ⟳ athwart you.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

gone nuclear gone on gone out of one's way gone out with the ark gong gonged

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