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up country

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Several years ago, a U.N. helicopter took me “up country” to the Liberian bush.

We are only in Colombo for one night, and to-morrow we are going up-country to stay with a friend of mine, a tea-planter.

I went up-country to relieve Jordan, but the work is nearly over, and I found him played out.

He was one of the few members of the provincial congress from the up-country, a man of much ability, enthusiasm and patriotism.

He had known the hostess of the Nodwengu—herself the daughter of a fine old up-country trader and pioneer—ever since she was born.

Was afraid you had started again on some up-country trip, and by Jove, there are one or two things I want your opinion about.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to up country, such as: province, backwoods, boondocks, bush, countryside, and farmland.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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