gone north about

verb

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

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Meanings

verb
  1. idiomaticobsoletenauticalDead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.

    ..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.

    1827, William Bennett, Owain Goch
  2. idiomaticDead.
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APA

gone north about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gone%20north%20about

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gone north about,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gone%20north%20about.

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