Idiom
gone north about
Meaning
Dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old sailor has gone north about.”
“The captain reported that his first mate had gone north about during the long voyage.”
“After the fever claimed the veteran navigator, the crew solemnly recorded that he had gone north about.”
Examples
simple
“The old sailor has gone north about.”
contextual
“The captain reported that his first mate had gone north about during the long voyage.”
complex
“After the fever claimed the veteran navigator, the crew solemnly recorded that he had gone north about.”
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